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Distinct immune signatures in the colon of Crohn's disease and ankylosing spondylitis patients in the absence of inflammation.
Immunology and cell biology - 1 May 2016
Dunn Elliott T J, Taylor Edward S, Stebbings Simon, Schultz Michael, Butt A Grant, Kemp Roslyn A
Abstract excerpt
Crohn's disease (CD) is an inflammatory bowel disease characterized by patchy inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract. Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is primarily characterized by inflammation of the lower vertebral column, and many patients with AS present with inflammatory gut symptoms. Genome-wide association studies have highlighted significant overlap in short nucleotide polymorphisms for both diseases. We...
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