Human ALPI deficiency causes inflammatory bowel disease and highlights a key mechanism of gut homeostasis
Abstract Herein, we report the first identification of biallelic‐inherited mutations in ALPI as a Mendelian cause of inflammatory bowel disease in two unrelated patients. ALPI encodes for intestinal phosphatase alkaline, a brush border metalloenzyme that hydrolyses phosphate from the lipid A moiety...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2018-04-01
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Series: | EMBO Molecular Medicine |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.15252/emmm.201708483 |