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CARD15/NOD2, CD14 and toll-like 4 receptor gene polymorphisms in Saudi patients with Crohn's Disease.
International journal of molecular sciences - 1 Jan 2012
Azzam Nahla, Nounou Howaida, Alharbi Othman, Aljebreen Abedulrahman, Shalaby Manal
Abstract excerpt
Crohn's disease (CD) is a multifactorial disease with a genetic component and an observed association with genes related to the innate immune response. Polymorphisms in the CARD15/NOD2 gene, in addition to functional variants of the toll-like receptor-4 (TLR4) and CD14 genes, have been associated with the development of Crohn's disease. There is no information about the frequency of these polymorphisms in the...
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