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Inflammatory bowel disease and rheumatoid arthritis share a common genetic structure.
Frontiers in immunology - 1 Jan 2024
Cao Guoling, Luo Qinghua, Wu Yunxiang, Chen Guanghua
Abstract excerpt
Background: The comorbidity rate of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is high; nevertheless, the reasons behind this high rate remain unclear. Their similar genetic makeup probably contributes to this comorbidity. Methods: Based on data obtained from the genome-wide association study of IBD and RA, we first assessed an overall genetic association by performing the linkage...
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