Genome-wide methylation profiling in Crohn's disease identifies altered epigenetic regulation of key host defense mechanisms including the Th17 pathway

<p><strong>Background</strong> Germline variation in the 71 Crohn's disease (CD) loci implicated by genome-wide association studies (GWAS) only accounts for approximately 25% of estimated heritability. The contribution of epigenetic alterations to disease pathogenesis is emerg...

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Auteurs principaux: Nimmo, ER, Prendergast, JG, Aldhous, MC, Kennedy, NA, Henderson, P, Drummond, HE, Ramsahoye, BH, Wilson, DC, Semple, CA, Satsangi, J
Format: Journal article
Langue:English
Publié: Oxford University Press 2011