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SUBMITTER: Karimkhani S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6175595 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Karimkhani Sara S Chaleshi Vahid V Balaii Hedieh H Tarban Peyman P Nourian Mahyar M Irani Shiva S Shahrokh Shabnam S Asadzadeh Aghdaei Hamid H Mohammad Alizadeh Amir Houshang AH Norouzinia Mohsen M Zali Mohammad Reza MR
Reports of biochemistry & molecular biology 20181001 1
<h4>Background</h4>Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs), which include ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD), are inflammatory disorders that affect the gastrointestinal tract. A combination of inflammatory cytokines has an important role in IBD development. Genome-wide association studies have shown that polymorphisms in the interleukin-23R gene (<i>IL-23R</i>) increase susceptibility to IBD. The aim of this study was to investigate the <i>IL-23R</i> 3' UTR SNP to determine a potential ...[more]