CEACAM6 gene variants in inflammatory bowel disease.

CEACAM6 gene variants in inflammatory bowel disease.

BACKGROUND: The carcinoembryonic antigen-related cell adhesion molecule 6 (CEACAM6) acts as a receptor for adherent-invasive E. coli (AIEC) and its ileal expression is increased in patients with Crohn's disease (CD). Given its contribution to the pathogenesis of CD, we aimed to investigate the...

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Main Authors: Jürgen Glas, Julia Seiderer, Christoph Fries, Cornelia Tillack, Simone Pfennig, Maria Weidinger, Florian Beigel, Torsten Olszak, Ulrich Lass, Burkhard Göke, Thomas Ochsenkühn, Christiane Wolf, Peter Lohse, Bertram Müller-Myhsok, Julia Diegelmann, Darina Czamara, Stephan Brand
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3084820?pdf=render

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