PTPN2 gene variants are associated with susceptibility to both Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis supporting a common genetic disease background.

BACKGROUND: Genome-wide association studies identified PTPN2 (protein tyrosine phosphatase, non-receptor type 2) as susceptibility gene for inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). However, the exact role of PTPN2 in Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) and its phenotypic effect are uncle...

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Main Authors: Jürgen Glas, Johanna Wagner, Julia Seiderer, Torsten Olszak, Martin Wetzke, Florian Beigel, Cornelia Tillack, Johannes Stallhofer, Matthias Friedrich, Christian Steib, Burkhard Göke, Thomas Ochsenkühn, Nazanin Karbalai, Julia Diegelmann, Darina Czamara, Stephan Brand
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3310077?pdf=render