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The genetic predisposition and the interplay of host genetics and gut microbiome in Crohn disease.
Clinics in laboratory medicine - 1 Dec 2014
Jianzhong Hu
Abstract excerpt
Extensive genetic studies have identified more than 140 loci predisposing to Crohn disease (CD). Several major CD susceptibility genes have been shown to impair biological function with regard to immune response to recognizing and clearance of bacterial infection. Recent human microbiome studies suggest that the gut microbiome composition is differentiated in carriers of many risk variants of major CD...
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