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A variant in the nuclear dot protein 52kDa gene increases the risk for spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in patients with alcoholic liver cirrhosis.
Digestive and liver disease : official journal of the Italian Society of Gastroenterology and the Italian Association for the Study of the Liver - 1 Jan 2016
Lutz Philipp, Krämer Benjamin, Kaczmarek Dominik J, Hübner Marc P, Langhans Bettina, Appenrodt Beate, Lammert Frank, Nattermann Jacob, Hoerauf Achim, Strassburg Christian P, Spengler Ulrich, Nischalke Hans Dieter
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis is frequently a fatal infection in patients with liver cirrhosis. We investigated if nuclear dot protein 52kDa (NDP52), a negative regulator of toll-like receptor (TLR) signalling and autophagy adaptor protein, might be involved. METHODS: Two cohorts comprising 152 (derivation cohort) and 198 patients (validation cohort) with decompensated liver cirrhosis and 168...
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