Genetic determinants of ulcerative colitis include the ECM1 locus and five loci implicated in Crohn's disease

<p style="text-align:justify;"> We report results of a nonsynonymous SNP scan for ulcerative colitis and identify a previously unknown susceptibility locus at ECM1. We also show that several risk loci are common to ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease (IL23R, IL12B, HLA, NKX2...

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Main Authors: Fisher, SA, Tremelling, M, Anderson, CA, Gwilliam, R, Bumpstead, S, Prescott, NJ, Nimmo, ER, Massey, D, Berzuini, C, Johnson, C, Barrett, JC, Cummings, FR, Drummond, H, Lees, CW, Onnie, CM, Hanson, CE, Blaszczyk, K, Inouye, M, Ewels, P, Ravindrarajah, R, Keniry, A, Hunt, S, Carter, M, Watkins, N, Ouwehand, W, Lewis, CM, Cardon, L, Lobo, A, Forbes, A, Sanderson, J, Jewell, DP, Mansfield, JC, Deloukas, P, Mathew, CG, Parkes, M, Satsangi, J
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Springer Nature 2008

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