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Crohn's disease: a role of gut microbiota and Nod2 gene polymorphisms in disease pathogenesis.
Acta medica (Hradec Kralove) - 1 Jan 2014
Hrnčířová Lucia, Krejsek Jan, Šplíchal Igor, Hrnčíř Tomáš
Abstract excerpt
Crohn's disease is a chronic immune-mediated intestinal inflammation targeted against a yet incompletely defined subset of commensal gut microbiota and occurs on the background of a genetic predisposition under the influence of environmental factors. Genome-wide association studies have identified about 70 genetic risk loci associated with Crohn's disease. The greatest risk for Crohn's disease represent...
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