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SUBMITTER: Messer JS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3686164 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Messer Jeannette S JS Murphy Stephen F SF Logsdon Mark F MF Lodolce James P JP Grimm Wesley A WA Bartulis Sarah J SJ Vogel Tiphanie P TP Burn Melisa M Boone David L DL
BMJ open 20130620 6
<h4>Objective</h4>A common genetic coding variant in the core autophagy gene ATG16L1 is associated with increased susceptibility to Crohn's disease (CD). The variant encodes an amino acid change in ATG16L1 such that the threonine at position 300 is substituted with an alanine (ATG16L1 T300A). How this variant contributes to increased risk of CD is not known, but studies with transfected cell lines and gene-targeted mice have demonstrated that ATG16L1 is required for autophagy, control of interle ...[more]