Article
Etiology of Crohn's disease: many roads lead to autophagy.
Journal of molecular medicine (Berlin, Germany) - 1 Sept 2012
Lapaquette Pierre, Brest Patrick, Hofman Paul, Darfeuille-Michaud Arlette
Abstract excerpt
Crohn's disease is a complex multifactor diseases that occur in individuals with genetic predisposition in whom environmental and microbial triggers cause a deleterious chronic immune response. Susceptibility to Crohn's disease is influenced by common variants at many loci. Genetic studies have emphasized the role of host susceptibility in inflammatory bowel disease onset with the identification of about 100 risk...
Topics
- Animals
- Autophagy
- Crohn Disease
- GTP-Binding Proteins
- Gastrointestinal Tract
- Gene Expression Regulation
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans
- MicroRNAs
- Polymorphism, Genetic
