1. Inflammatory bowel disease and mutations affecting the interleukin-10 receptor
- Author
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Glocker, Erik-Oliver, Kotlarz, Daniel, Boztug, Kaan, Gertz, E. Michael, Schaffer, Alejandro A., Noyan, Fatih, Perro, Mario, Diestelhorst, Jana, Allroth, Anna, Murugan, Dhaarini, Hatscher, Nadine, Pfeifer, Dietmar, Sykora, Karl-Walter, Sauer, Martin, Kreipe, Hans, Lacher, Martin, Nustede, Rainer, Woellmer, Cristina, Baumann, Ulrich, Salzer, Ulrich, Salzer, Koletzko, Sibylle, Shah, Neil, Segal, Anthony W., Sauerbrey, Axel, Buderus, Stephan, Snapper, Scott B., Grimbacher, Bodo, and Klein, Christoph
- Subjects
Intestines -- Physiological aspects ,Inflammatory bowel diseases -- Diagnosis ,Inflammatory bowel diseases -- Care and treatment ,Inflammatory bowel diseases -- Genetic aspects ,Interleukin-10 -- Health aspects ,Gene mutations -- Analysis - Abstract
The study determines the molecular cause of inflammatory bowel disease by examining the genetic mutations affecting the interleukin-10 receptor. Evidence reveals mutations in genes encoding the IL10R subunit proteins in patients with early-onset enterocolitis, involving hyper-inflammatory immune responses in the intestine.
- Published
- 2009