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The Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium (WTCCC) genome-wide study found association of PTPN2 with three autoimmune diseases, among them is type 1 diabetes (T1D). This result was confirmed by a follow-up study ...
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IL4 in the 5q31 context: association studies of type 1 diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis in the Spanish population
IL4, the gene coding the prototypic Th2 cytokine, has been frequently studied in the context of several inflammatory conditions, but conclusive results have not been obtained. This gene i...
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Influence of the inducible nitric oxide synthase gene (NOS2A) on inflammatory bowel disease susceptibility
The great amount of nitric oxide (NO) produced by the inducible isoform of NO synthase (iNOS) exerts deleterious effects, and iNOS expression is raised in the colonic mucosa of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)...