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Fractalkine receptor polymorphism may not be associated with the development and clinical course of ulcerative colitis.
Bosnian journal of basic medical sciences - 25 May 2015
Gokcan Hale, Yurtcu Erkan, Selcuk Haldun, Sahin Feride I
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Fractalkine (CX3C), a chemokine expressed by epithelial cells within normal and inflamed colorectal mucosa, induces leukocyte adhesion and migration via fractalkine receptor. The aim of this study was to investigate two single nucleotide polymorphisms of the fractalkine receptor gene as a risk factor both for the development and clinical findings of ulcerative colitis. In this study, 51 patients with ulcerative...
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