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SUBMITTER: Friedrichs F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4087456 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Friedrichs Frauke F Stoll Monika M
World journal of gastroenterology 20060601 23
In 2004, an association of genetic variation in the discs large homolog 5 (DLG5) gene with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) was described in two large European study samples. The initial report of DLG5 as a novel IBD susceptibility gene sparked a multitude of studies investigating its effect on CD and IBD, respectively, leading to controversial findings and ongoing discussions concerning the validity of the initial association finding and its role in the aetiology of Crohn disease. This review a ...[more]