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The interplay between microbes and the immune response in inflammatory bowel disease.
The Journal of physiology - 1 Sept 2018
Goethel Ashleigh, Croitoru Kenneth, Philpott Dana J
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The aetiology and pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) remains unclear but involves a complex interplay between genetic risk, environmental exposures, the immune system and the gut microbiota. Nearly two decades ago, the first susceptibility gene for Crohn's disease, NOD2, was identified within the IBD 1 locus. Since then, over 230 genetic risk loci have been associated with IBD and yet NOD2 remains...
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