Genetic Evidence Supporting the Association of Protease and Protease Inhibitor Genes with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Systematic Review

As part of the European research consortium IBDase, we addressed the role of proteases and protease inhibitors (P/PIs) in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), characterized by chronic mucosal inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract, which affects 2.2 million people in Europe and 1.4 million people i...

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Main Authors: Cleynen, Isabelle, Jüni, Peter, Bekkering, Geertruida E., Nüesch, Eveline, Mendes, Camila T., Schmied, Stefanie, Wyder, Stefan, Kellen, Eliane, Villiger, Peter M., Rutgeerts, Paul, Vermeire, Séverine, Lottaz, Daniel
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2011
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3169567/