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SUBMITTER: Camilleri M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6881605 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Camilleri Michael M Sandler Robert S RS Peery Anne F AF
Cellular and molecular gastroenterology and hepatology 20190725 1
This article reviews epidemiological evidence of heritability and putative mechanisms in diverticular disease, with greatest attention to 3 recent studies of genetic associations with diverticular disease based on genome-wide or whole-genome sequencing studies in large patient cohorts. We provide an analysis of the biological plausibility of the significant associations with gene variants reported and highlight the relevance of ANO1, CPI-17 (aka PPP1R14A), COLQ6, COL6A1, CALCB or CALCA, COL6A1, ...[more]