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Role of PTPN2/22 polymorphisms in pathophysiology of Crohn's disease.
World journal of gastroenterology - 14 Feb 2018
Sharp Robert C, Beg Shazia A, Naser Saleh A
Abstract excerpt
AIM: To establish the relationship of protein tyrosine phosphatase non-receptor type 2 and 22 (PTPN2/22) polymorphisms and mycobacterial infections in Crohn's disease (CD). METHODS: All 133 subjects' blood samples were genotyped for nine single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in PTPN2/22 using TaqMan™ genotyping, while the effect of the SNPs on PTPN2/22 and IFN-γ gene expression was determined using RT-PCR....
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