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Association between Polymorphisms in Antioxidant Genes and Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2017
Costa Pereira Cristiana, Durães Cecília, Coelho Rosa, Grácio Daniela, Silva Marco, Peixoto Armando, Lago Paula, Pereira Márcia, Catarino Telmo, Pinho Salomé, Teixeira João Paulo, Macedo Guilherme, Annese Vito, Magro Fernando
Abstract excerpt
Inflammation is the driving force in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and its link to oxidative stress and carcinogenesis has long been accepted. The antioxidant system of the intestinal mucosa in IBD is compromised resulting in increased oxidative injury. This defective antioxidant system may be the result of genetic variants in antioxidant genes, which can represent susceptibility factors for IBD, namely...
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