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Protein tyrosine phosphatase non-receptor type 2 and inflammatory bowel disease.
World journal of gastroenterology - 21 Jan 2016
Spalinger Marianne R, McCole Declan F, Rogler Gerhard, Scharl Michael
Abstract excerpt
Genome wide association studies have associated single nucleotide polymorphisms within the gene locus encoding protein tyrosine phosphatase non-receptor type 2 (PTPN2) with the onset of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and other inflammatory disorders. Expression of PTPN2 is enhanced in actively inflamed intestinal tissue featuring a marked up-regulation in intestinal epithelial cells. PTPN2 deficient mice suffer...
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