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SUBMITTER: Zahn A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4146947 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zahn Alexandra A Moehle Christoph C Langmann Thomas T Ehehalt Robert R Autschbach Frank F Stremmel Wolfgang W Schmitz Gerd G
World journal of gastroenterology 20070301 11
<h4>Aim</h4>To study susceptibility genes which may play a potential role in the pathogenesis and etiology of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).<h4>Methods</h4>To identify potential susceptibility genes we performed global gene expression profiling in patients with IBD and control specimens. For determination of an intrinsic gene expression profile in ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD) compared to normal subjects, mucosal biopsies of non-inflamed regions of the colon and the termina ...[more]