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Readressing the role of Toll-like receptor-4 alleles in inflammatory bowel disease: colitis, smoking, and seroreactivity.
Digestive diseases and sciences - 1 Feb 2013
Manolakis Anastassios C, Kapsoritakis Andreas N, Kapsoritaki Anastasia, Tiaka Elisavet K, Oikonomou Konstantinos A, Lotis Vassilis, Vamvakopoulou Dimitra, Davidi Ioanna, Vamvakopoulos Nikolaos, Potamianos Spyros P
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BACKGROUND: Toll-like receptor (TLR) polymorphisms, and especially TLR-4 Asp299Gly and TLR-4 Thr399Ile, have been linked with Crohn's disease (CD) and to a lesser extent with ulcerative colitis (UC), CD behavior, and compromised seroreactivity to microbial antigens. Available data, however, are c...
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