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Ventham NT, Kennedy NA, Nimmo ER, Satsangi J. Beyond gene discovery in inflammatory bowel disease: the emerging role of epigenetics. Gastroenterology 2013; 145:293-308. [PMID: 23751777 PMCID: PMC3919211 DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2013.05.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 211] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2013] [Revised: 05/16/2013] [Accepted: 05/26/2013] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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In the past decade, there have been fundamental advances in our understanding of genetic factors that contribute to the inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs) Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. The latest international collaborative studies have brought the number of IBD susceptibility gene loci to 163. However, genetic factors account for only a portion of overall disease variance, indicating a need to better explore gene-environment interactions in the development of IBD. Epigenetic factors can mediate interactions between the environment and the genome; their study could provide new insight into the pathogenesis of IBD. We review recent progress in identification of genetic factors associated with IBD and discuss epigenetic mechanisms that could affect development and progression of IBD.
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- Nicholas T. Ventham
- Reprint requests Address requests for reprints to: Nicholas T. Ventham, Gastrointestinal Unit, Centre for Molecular Medicine, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh EH4 2XU, Scotland. fax: +44 131 651 1085.
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Börnigen D, Morgan XC, Franzosa EA, Ren B, Xavier RJ, Garrett WS, Huttenhower C. Functional profiling of the gut microbiome in disease-associated inflammation. Genome Med 2013; 5:65. [PMID: 23906180 PMCID: PMC3978847 DOI: 10.1186/gm469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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The microbial residents of the human gut are a major factor in the development and lifelong maintenance of health. The gut microbiota differs to a large degree from person to person and has an important influence on health and disease due to its interaction with the human immune system. Its overall composition and microbial ecology have been implicated in many autoimmune diseases, and it represents a particularly important area for translational research as a new target for diagnostics and therapeutics in complex inflammatory conditions. Determining the biomolecular mechanisms by which altered microbial communities contribute to human disease will be an important outcome of current functional studies of the human microbiome. In this review, we discuss functional profiling of the human microbiome using metagenomic and metatranscriptomic approaches, focusing on the implications for inflammatory conditions such as inflammatory bowel disease and rheumatoid arthritis. Common themes in gut microbial ecology have emerged among these diverse diseases, but they have not yet been linked to targetable mechanisms such as microbial gene and genome composition, pathway and transcript activity, and metabolism. Combining these microbial activities with host gene, transcript and metabolic information will be necessary to understand how and why these complex interacting systems are altered in disease-associated inflammation.
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- Daniela Börnigen
- Department of Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA ; The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA ; The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA ; The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA ; Gastrointestinal Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA ; Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA ; Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA ; Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA ; The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA
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Stringer S, Derks EM, Kahn RS, Hill WG, Wray NR. Assumptions and properties of limiting pathway models for analysis of epistasis in complex traits. PLoS One 2013; 8:e68913. [PMID: 23935903 PMCID: PMC3728313 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0068913] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2012] [Accepted: 06/03/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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For most complex traits, results from genome-wide association studies show that the proportion of the phenotypic variance attributable to the additive effects of individual SNPs, that is, the heritability explained by the SNPs, is substantially less than the estimate of heritability obtained by standard methods using correlations between relatives. This difference has been called the "missing heritability". One explanation is that heritability estimates from family (including twin) studies are biased upwards. Zuk et al. revisited overestimation of narrow sense heritability from twin studies as a result of confounding with non-additive genetic variance. They propose a limiting pathway (LP) model that generates significant epistatic variation and its simple parametrization provides a convenient way to explore implications of epistasis. They conclude that over-estimation of narrow sense heritability from family data ('phantom heritability') may explain an important proportion of missing heritability. We show that for highly heritable quantitative traits large phantom heritability estimates from twin studies are possible only if a large contribution of common environment is assumed. The LP model is underpinned by strong assumptions that are unlikely to hold, including that all contributing pathways have the same mean and variance and are uncorrelated. Here, we relax the assumptions that underlie the LP model to be more biologically plausible. Together with theoretical, empirical, and pragmatic arguments we conclude that in outbred populations the contribution of additive genetic variance is likely to be much more important than the contribution of non-additive variance.
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- Sven Stringer
- Department of Psychiatry, Amsterdam Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Thessen Hedreul M, Möller S, Stridh P, Gupta Y, Gillett A, Daniel Beyeen A, Öckinger J, Flytzani S, Diez M, Olsson T, Jagodic M. Combining genetic mapping with genome-wide expression in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis highlights a gene network enriched for T cell functions and candidate genes regulating autoimmunity. Hum Mol Genet 2013; 22:4952-66. [PMID: 23900079 PMCID: PMC3836475 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddt343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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The experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) is an autoimmune disease of the central nervous system commonly used to study multiple sclerosis (MS). We combined clinical EAE phenotypes with genome-wide expression profiling in spleens from 150 backcross rats between susceptible DA and resistant PVG rat strains during the chronic EAE phase. This enabled correlation of transcripts with genotypes, other transcripts and clinical EAE phenotypes and implicated potential genetic causes and pathways in EAE. We detected 2285 expression quantitative trait loci (eQTLs). Sixty out of 599 cis-eQTLs overlapped well-known EAE QTLs and constitute positional candidate genes, including Ifit1 (Eae7), Atg7 (Eae20-22), Klrc3 (eEae22) and Mfsd4 (Eae17). A trans-eQTL that overlaps Eae23a regulated a large number of small RNAs and implicates a master regulator of transcription. We defined several disease-correlated networks enriched for pathways involved in cell-mediated immunity. They include C-type lectins, G protein coupled receptors, mitogen-activated protein kinases, transmembrane proteins, suppressors of transcription (Jundp2 and Nr1d1) and STAT transcription factors (Stat4) involved in interferon signaling. The most significant network was enriched for T cell functions, similar to genetic findings in MS, and revealed both established and novel gene interactions. Transcripts in the network have been associated with T cell proliferation and differentiation, the TCR signaling and regulation of regulatory T cells. A number of network genes and their family members have been associated with MS and/or other autoimmune diseases. Combining disease and genome-wide expression phenotypes provides a link between disease risk genes and distinct molecular pathways that are dysregulated during chronic autoimmune inflammation.
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- Melanie Thessen Hedreul
- Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Neuroimmunology Unit, Center for Molecular Medicine L8:04, Karolinska Institutet, L8:04, 17176 Stockholm, Sweden
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Cox MB, Bowden NA, Scott RJ, Lechner-Scott J. Common genetic variants in the plasminogen activation pathway are not associated with multiple sclerosis. Mult Scler 2013; 20:489-91. [DOI: 10.1177/1352458513498127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Matrix metalloproteinase 9 (MMP9) is involved in multiple sclerosis (MS) aetiology. Previously, we identified differential gene expression of plasminogen activation cascade genes in MS patients. Based on our gene expression results, we wanted to identify whether polymorphisms in the genes associated with the plasminogen pathway could predict MS risk. We genotyped 1153 trio families, 727 MS cases and 604 healthy controls for 17 polymorphisms in MMP9, plasminogen activator urokinase (PLAU), PLAU receptor (PLAUR) and serpin peptidase inhibitor/clade 2/member B2 (SERPINB2) genes. No associations were found between the 17 polymorphisms and MS. Also, gene expression levels were analysed according to genotype: no associations were observed. In conclusion despite the consistent evidence for the role of MMP9 and the plasminogen activation cascade in MS, we found no associations between genotype nor gene expression. This suggested there are other potentially modifiable factors influencing gene expression in MS.
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- Mathew B Cox
- Hunter Medical Research Institute, and University of Newcastle, Australia
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- Hunter Medical Research Institute, and University of Newcastle, Australia
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- Hunter Medical Research Institute, and University of Newcastle, Australia
- Hunter Area Pathology Service, Australia
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- Hunter Medical Research Institute, and University of Newcastle, Australia
- Department of Neurology, John Hunter Hospital, Australia
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Coskun M, Bjerrum JT, Seidelin JB, Troelsen JT, Olsen J, Nielsen OH. miR-20b, miR-98, miR-125b-1*, and let-7e* as new potential diagnostic biomarkers in ulcerative colitis. World J Gastroenterol 2013; 19:4289-4299. [PMID: 23885139 PMCID: PMC3718896 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i27.4289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2013] [Revised: 03/15/2013] [Accepted: 05/10/2013] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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AIM: To use microarray-based miRNA profiling of colonic mucosal biopsies from patients with ulcerative colitis (UC), Crohn’s disease (CD), and controls in order to identify new potential miRNA biomarkers in inflammatory bowel disease.
METHODS: Colonic mucosal pinch biopsies from the descending part were obtained endoscopically from patients with active UC or CD, quiescent UC or CD, as well as healthy controls. Total RNA was isolated and miRNA expression assessed using the miRNA microarray Geniom Biochip miRNA Homo sapiens (Febit GmbH, Heidelberg, Germany). Data analysis was carried out by principal component analysis and projection to latent structure-discriminant analysis using the SIMCA-P+12 software package (Umetrics, Umea, Sweden). The microarray data were subsequently validated by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) performed on colonic tissue samples from active UC patients (n = 20), patients with quiescent UC (n = 19), and healthy controls (n = 20). The qPCR results were analyzed with Mann-Whitney U test. In silico prediction analysis were performed to identify potential miRNA target genes and the predicted miRNA targets were then compared with all UC associated susceptibility genes reported in the literature.
RESULTS: The colonic mucosal miRNA transcriptome differs significantly between UC and controls, UC and CD, as well as between UC patients with mucosal inflammation and those without. However, no clear differences in the transcriptome of patients with CD and controls were found. The miRNAs with the strongest differential power were identified (miR-20b, miR-99a, miR-203, miR-26b, and miR-98) and found to be up-regulated more than a 10-fold in active UC as compared to quiescent UC, CD, and controls. Two miRNAs, miR-125b-1* and let-7e*, were up-regulated more than 5-fold in quiescent UC compared to active UC, CD, and controls. Four of the seven miRNAs (miR-20b, miR-98, miR-125b-1*, and let-7e*) were validated by qPCR and found to be specifically upregulated in patients with UC. Using in silico analysis we found several predicted pro-inflammatory target genes involved in various pathways, such as mitogen-activated protein kinase and cytokine signaling, which are both key signaling pathways in UC.
CONCLUSION: The present study provides the first evidence that miR-20b, miR-98, miR-125b-1*, and let-7e* are deregulated in patients with UC. The level of these miRNAs may serve as new potential biomarkers for this chronic disease.
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Plenge RM, Scolnick EM, Altshuler D. Validating therapeutic targets through human genetics. Nat Rev Drug Discov 2013; 12:581-94. [PMID: 23868113 DOI: 10.1038/nrd4051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 438] [Impact Index Per Article: 39.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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More than 90% of the compounds that enter clinical trials fail to demonstrate sufficient safety and efficacy to gain regulatory approval. Most of this failure is due to the limited predictive value of preclinical models of disease, and our continued ignorance regarding the consequences of perturbing specific targets over long periods of time in humans. 'Experiments of nature' - naturally occurring mutations in humans that affect the activity of a particular protein target or targets - can be used to estimate the probable efficacy and toxicity of a drug targeting such proteins, as well as to establish causal rather than reactive relationships between targets and outcomes. Here, we describe the concept of dose-response curves derived from experiments of nature, with an emphasis on human genetics as a valuable tool to prioritize molecular targets in drug development. We discuss empirical examples of drug-gene pairs that support the role of human genetics in testing therapeutic hypotheses at the stage of target validation, provide objective criteria to prioritize genetic findings for future drug discovery efforts and highlight the limitations of a target validation approach that is anchored in human genetics.
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- Robert M Plenge
- Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham And Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
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Michail S, Bultron G, Depaolo RW. Genetic variants associated with Crohn's disease. APPLICATION OF CLINICAL GENETICS 2013; 6:25-32. [PMID: 23935379 PMCID: PMC3735034 DOI: 10.2147/tacg.s33966] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Crohn’s disease is an immune-related disorder characterized by inflammation of the gastrointestinal mucosa, which can occur in any area throughout the digestive tract. This life-long disease commonly presents with abdominal pain, diarrhea, vomiting, and weight loss. While the exact etiology of this disease is largely unknown, it is thought to arise from an interaction between microbial, immunological, and environmental factors in a genetically susceptible host, whereby the immune system attacks the intestine as it cross reacts against gut microbial antigens. The study of genetic variants associated with Crohn’s disease has shed light on our understanding of disease pathophysiology. A large number of genetic variants identified in Crohn’s disease are related to genes targeting microbial recognition and bacterial wall sensing, the most common being NOD2/CARD15 gene. This review will discuss the recent advance in our knowledge of genetic variants of this disease and how they influence the disease course and prognosis.
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- Sonia Michail
- The University of Southern California, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Berghout J, Langlais D, Radovanovic I, Tam M, MacMicking JD, Stevenson MM, Gros P. Irf8-regulated genomic responses drive pathological inflammation during cerebral malaria. PLoS Pathog 2013; 9:e1003491. [PMID: 23853600 PMCID: PMC3708918 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003491] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2012] [Accepted: 05/28/2013] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Interferon Regulatory Factor 8 (IRF8) is required for development, maturation and expression of anti-microbial defenses of myeloid cells. BXH2 mice harbor a severely hypomorphic allele at Irf8 (Irf8R294C) that causes susceptibility to infection with intracellular pathogens including Mycobacterium tuberculosis. We report that BXH2 are completely resistant to the development of cerebral malaria (ECM) following Plasmodium berghei ANKA infection. Comparative transcriptional profiling of brain RNA as well as chromatin immunoprecipitation and high-throughput sequencing (ChIP-seq) was used to identify IRF8-regulated genes whose expression is associated with pathological acute neuroinflammation. Genes increased by infection were strongly enriched for IRF8 binding sites, suggesting that IRF8 acts as a transcriptional activator in inflammatory programs. These lists were enriched for myeloid-specific pathways, including interferon responses, antigen presentation and Th1 polarizing cytokines. We show that inactivation of several of these downstream target genes (including the Irf8 transcription partner Irf1) confers protection against ECM. ECM-resistance in Irf8 and Irf1 mutants is associated with impaired myeloid and lymphoid cells function, including production of IL12p40 and IFNγ. We note strong overlap between genes bound and regulated by IRF8 during ECM and genes regulated in the lungs of M. tuberculosis infected mice. This IRF8-dependent network contains several genes recently identified as risk factors in acute and chronic human inflammatory conditions. We report a common core of IRF8-bound genes forming a critical inflammatory host-response network. Cerebral malaria is a severe and often lethal complication from infection with Plasmodium falciparum which is driven in part by pathological host inflammatory response to parasitized red cells′ adherence in the brain microvasculature. However, the pathways that initiate and amplify this pathological neuroinflammation are not well understood. As susceptibility to cerebral malaria is variable and has been shown to be partially heritable, we have studied this from a genetic perspective using a mouse model of infection with P. berghei which induces experimental cerebral malaria (ECM). Here we show that mice bearing mutations in the myeloid transcription factor IRF8 and its heterodimerization partner IRF1 are completely resistant to ECM. We have identified the genes and associated networks that are activated by IRF8 during ECM. Loss-of-function mutations of several IRF8 targets are also shown to be protective. Parallel analysis of lungs infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis show that IRF8-associated core pathways are also engaged during tuberculosis where they play a protective role. This contrast illustrates the balancing act required by the immune system to respond to pathogens and highlights a lynchpin role for IRF8 in both. Finally, several genes in these networks have been individually associated with chronic or acute inflammatory conditions in humans.
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- Joanne Berghout
- Department of Biochemistry and Complex Traits Group, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Complex Traits Group, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Complex Traits Group, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Section of Microbial Pathogenesis, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry and Complex Traits Group, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Marlow GJ, van Gent D, Ferguson LR. Why interleukin-10 supplementation does not work in Crohn’s disease patients. World J Gastroenterol 2013; 19:3931-3941. [PMID: 23840137 PMCID: PMC3703179 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i25.3931] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2013] [Revised: 04/18/2013] [Accepted: 05/10/2013] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) such as Crohn’s disease (CD) or ulcerative colitis are chronic intestinal disorders, which are on the increase in “Westernised” countries. IBD can be caused by both genetic and environmental factors. Interleukin-10 (IL-10) is an immunoregulatory cytokine that has been identified as being involved in several diseases including IBD. Studies have shown that polymorphisms in the promoter region reduce serum levels of IL-10 and this reduction has been associated with some forms of IBD. Mouse models have shown promising results with IL-10 supplementation, as such IL-10 supplementation has been touted as being a possible alternative treatment for CD in humans. Clinical trials have shown that recombinant human IL-10 is safe and well tolerated up to a dose of 8 μg/kg. However, to date, the results of the clinical trials have been disappointing. Although CD activity was reduced as measured by the CD activity index, IL-10 supplementation did not result in significantly reduced remission rates or clinical improvements when compared to placebo. This review discusses why IL-10 supplementation is not effective in CD patients currently and what can be addressed to potentially make IL-10 supplementation a more viable treatment option in the future. Based on the current research we conclude that IL-10 supplementation is not a one size fits all treatment and if the correct population of patients is chosen then IL-10 supplementation could be of benefit.
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Aigner J, Villatoro S, Rabionet R, Roquer J, Jiménez-Conde J, Martí E, Estivill X. A common 56-kilobase deletion in a primate-specific segmental duplication creates a novel butyrophilin-like protein. BMC Genet 2013; 14:61. [PMID: 23829304 PMCID: PMC3729544 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2156-14-61] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2013] [Accepted: 05/21/2013] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Background The Butyrophilin-like (BTNL) proteins are likely to play an important role in inflammation and immune response. Like the B7 protein family, many human and murine BTNL members have been shown to control T lymphocytes response, and polymorphisms in human BTNL2 have been linked to several inflammatory diseases, such as pulmonary sarcoidosis, inflammatory bowel disease and neonatal lupus. Results In this study we provide a comprehensive population, genomic and transcriptomic analysis of a 56-kb deletion copy number variant (CNV), located within two segmental duplications of two genes belonging to the BTNL family, namely BTNL8 and BTNL3. We confirm the presence of a novel BTNL8*3 fusion-protein product, and show an influence of the deletion variant on the expression level of several genes involved in immune function, including BTNL9, another member of the same family. Moreover, by genotyping HapMap and human diversity panel (HGDP) samples, we demonstrate a clear difference in the stratification of the BTNL8_BTNL3-del allele frequency between major continental human populations. Conclusion Despite tremendous progress in the field of structural variation, rather few CNVs have been functionally characterized so far. Here, we show clear functional consequences of a new deletion CNV (BTNL8_BTNL3-del) with potentially important implication in the human immune system and in inflammatory and proliferative disorders. In addition, the marked population differences found of BTNL8_BTNL3-del frequencies suggest that this deletion CNV might have evolved under positive selection due to environmental conditions in some populations, with potential phenotypic consequences.
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- Johanna Aigner
- Bioinformatics and Genomics Program, Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), Barcelona 08003, Spain
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Genetic studies in immune-mediated diseases have yielded a large number of disease-associated loci. Here we review the progress being made in 12 such diseases, for which 199 independently associated non-HLA loci have been identified by genome-wide association studies since 2007. It is striking that many of the loci are not unique to a single disease but shared between different immune-mediated diseases. The challenge now is to understand how the unique and shared genetic factors can provide insight into the underlying disease biology. We annotated disease-associated variants using the Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE) database and demonstrate that, of the predisposing disease variants, the majority have the potential to be regulatory. We also demonstrate that many of these variants affect the expression of nearby genes. Furthermore, we summarize results from the Immunochip, a custom array, which allows a detailed comparison between five of the diseases that have so far been analyzed using this platform.
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- Isis Ricaño-Ponce
- Department of Genetics, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands;
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Coskun M, Salem M, Pedersen J, Nielsen OH. Involvement of JAK/STAT signaling in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease. Pharmacol Res 2013; 76:1-8. [PMID: 23827161 DOI: 10.1016/j.phrs.2013.06.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 227] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2013] [Revised: 06/06/2013] [Accepted: 06/18/2013] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The Janus kinase/signal transducer and activator of transcription (JAK/STAT) pathway constitute the fulcrum in many vital cellular processes, including cell growth, differentiation, proliferation, and regulatory immune functions. Various cytokines, growth factors, and protein tyrosine kinases communicate through the JAK/STAT pathway and regulate the transcription of numerous genes. In addition to their critical roles in a plethora of key cellular activities, the JAK/STAT signaling pathways also have been implicated in the pathogenesis of several diseases, including inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), especially since a JAK inhibitor recently has been shown to be effective in the treatment of ulcerative colitis. The aim of this review is to highlight the recent findings on the regulatory mechanism of JAK/STAT signaling pathways and to reveal the evolving comprehension of their interface which might be of interest for clinicians involved in IBD therapy. Further, it is described how these signaling pathways have been exploited for the development of promising novel JAK inhibitors with anti-inflammatory effects verified in clinical trials.
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- Mehmet Coskun
- Department of Gastroenterology, Medical Section, Herlev Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Nys K, Agostinis P, Vermeire S. Autophagy: a new target or an old strategy for the treatment of Crohn's disease? Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 2013; 10:395-401. [PMID: 23591407 DOI: 10.1038/nrgastro.2013.66] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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In the past 5 years much progress has been made in understanding the molecular basis of Crohn's disease, a multifactorial chronic inflammatory disease of the gastrointestinal tract. Data suggest that hampered autophagy--the major lysosomal pathway for recycling of cytoplasmic material--might contribute to an increased susceptibility to Crohn's disease. Consequently, intense investigations have started to evaluate the potential value of autophagy as a therapeutic target and as a highly needed diagnostic tool. Interestingly, as well as the promising introduction of direct autophagic modulators, several drugs already used in the treatment of Crohn's disease might exert at least part of their effect through the regulation of autophagy. However, whether this phenomenon contributes to or rather counteracts their therapeutic use, remains to be determined and might prove to be highly compound-specific. Here we review the complex and emerging role of autophagy modulation in the battle against Crohn's disease. Moreover, we discuss the potential benefits and deleterious effects of autophagic regulation by both new and clinically used drugs.
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- Kris Nys
- Translational Research in Gastrointestinal Disorders, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Catholic University of Leuven, Herestraat 49, Box 701, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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Increasing incidence of paediatric inflammatory bowel disease in northern Stockholm County, 2002-2007. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 2013; 57:29-34. [PMID: 23459320 DOI: 10.1097/mpg.0b013e31828f21b4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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OBJECTIVES A sharp increase in paediatric (younger than 16 years) inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) incidence was observed in northern Stockholm County, Sweden, in 1990-2001. The increasing incidence was primarily explained by a rising incidence of Crohn disease (CD). Here, we present an update on the trends in incidence of paediatric IBD, 2002-2007. METHOD Medical records of all children diagnosed as having suspected IBD in northern Stockholm County, 2002-2007, were scrutinised using defined diagnostic criteria. Disease extension, localisation, and behaviour at diagnosis were classified within the framework of the Paris classification. RESULT A total of 133 children were diagnosed as having IBD 2002-2007 corresponding to a sex- and age-standardised incidence (per 10 person-years) for paediatric IBD of 12.8 (95% CI 10.8-15.2). The standardised incidence was 9.2 (95% CI 7.5-11.2) for CD and 2.8 (95% CI 1.9-4.0) for ulcerative colitis (UC). A significant increasing incidence of UC (P < 0.05) was observed during the study period. No temporal trend was observed for the incidence of CD. CONCLUSIONS The incidence rate of paediatric IBD in northern Stockholm was significantly higher in 2002-2007 than that observed in our earlier study covering 1990-2001. The former sharp increase in incidence of paediatric CD seems, however, to have levelled out, although at a higher rate than reported from most other regions in the world. Although CD was still predominant, the observed increase in incidence of UC during the study period is notable.
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Stem cell therapy has emerged as a promising therapeutic strategy for inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs). Currently, stem cell therapy is not part of the standard of care and is usually only performed as a part of clinical trials. In this review, clinical results, proposed underlying mechanisms, and future research directions will be discussed. RECENT FINDINGS Administration of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) and hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) has been evaluated for IBD treatment over the past years. MSC therapy is being explored as a treatment option for fistulizing Crohn's disease and for luminal Crohn's disease. It is shown to be well tolerated, but results on efficacy are inconsistent. HSC transplantation seems to be very effective, but serious adverse events are common. Therefore, future research should focus on improving efficacy of MSC therapy, and on improvement of safety of HSC therapy. SUMMARY Both MSC and HSC therapy offer clinical potential, but currently are not routinely used for IBD treatment. MSC therapy seems well tolerated but results on efficacy are conflicting. HSC transplantation is shown to be effective but safety concerns remain. Nonetheless, for severe refractory IBD cases, stem cell therapy could well become the next-generation treatment option.
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Phosphoinositides (PIs) make up only a small fraction of cellular phospholipids, yet they control almost all aspects of a cell's life and death. These lipids gained tremendous research interest as plasma membrane signaling molecules when discovered in the 1970s and 1980s. Research in the last 15 years has added a wide range of biological processes regulated by PIs, turning these lipids into one of the most universal signaling entities in eukaryotic cells. PIs control organelle biology by regulating vesicular trafficking, but they also modulate lipid distribution and metabolism via their close relationship with lipid transfer proteins. PIs regulate ion channels, pumps, and transporters and control both endocytic and exocytic processes. The nuclear phosphoinositides have grown from being an epiphenomenon to a research area of its own. As expected from such pleiotropic regulators, derangements of phosphoinositide metabolism are responsible for a number of human diseases ranging from rare genetic disorders to the most common ones such as cancer, obesity, and diabetes. Moreover, it is increasingly evident that a number of infectious agents hijack the PI regulatory systems of host cells for their intracellular movements, replication, and assembly. As a result, PI converting enzymes began to be noticed by pharmaceutical companies as potential therapeutic targets. This review is an attempt to give an overview of this enormous research field focusing on major developments in diverse areas of basic science linked to cellular physiology and disease.
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- Tamas Balla
- Section on Molecular Signal Transduction, Program for Developmental Neuroscience, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW The occurrence of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is increasing worldwide, yet the reasons remain unknown. New therapeutic approaches have been introduced in medical IBD therapy, but their impact on the natural history of IBD remains uncertain. This review will summarize the recent findings in the epidemiology of IBD. RECENT FINDINGS The incidence of IBD in western Europe is twice as high as in eastern Europe, whereas the highest IBD incidence in the world is found in the Faroe Islands. Early intervention with immunosuppressant and biological agents seems to have reduced the colectomy rates for ulcerative colitis, whereas the impact on Crohn's disease has yet to be determined. Mortality in Crohn's disease has not changed despite improvements in medical and surgical management. Specialized care in IBD centres, treatments to target and obtaining mucosal healing, early intervention at relapse and avoiding Clostridium difficile super infection might reduce the mortality rate in the future. The risk of colorectal cancer in Crohn's disease seems to be equivalent to the risk in ulcerative colitis. Patients with small bowel Crohn's disease are at increased risk of small bowel adenocarcinoma. SUMMARY The natural disease course of IBD seems to change along with the new 'treat to target' goal of achieving intestinal mucosal healing. Future population-based studies of unselected IBD cohorts should be considered the gold standard for studies investigating these issues.
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW To use insights from evolutionary biology to assess the current evidence for the causes, treatment, and prevention of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). RECENT FINDINGS When analyzed in the context of evolutionary adaptation, recent assessments of genetic, microbial, and environmental associations with IBD implicate infectious causation. SUMMARY An evolutionary perspective provides insight into the causes of IBD, interpretation of its manifestations, and assessment of interventions. The evidence implicating infectious causation suggests that future studies of IBD would benefit from increased focus on infectious causes and interventions that prevent or inhibit them.
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Harrison OJ, Powrie FM. Regulatory T cells and immune tolerance in the intestine. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol 2013; 5:5/7/a018341. [PMID: 23818502 DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a018341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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A fundamental role of the mammalian immune system is to eradicate pathogens while minimizing immunopathology. Instigating and maintaining immunological tolerance within the intestine represents a unique challenge to the mucosal immune system. Regulatory T cells are critical for continued immune tolerance in the intestine through active control of innate and adaptive immune responses. Dynamic adaptation of regulatory T-cell populations to the intestinal tissue microenvironment is key in this process. Here, we discuss specialization of regulatory T-cell responses in the intestine, and how a breakdown in these processes can lead to chronic intestinal inflammation.
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- Oliver J Harrison
- Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3RE, United Kingdom
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Epigenetic studies are transforming our understanding of a variety of complex pathological conditions including cancer, autoimmune, and inflammatory diseases. A selection of the major recent advances in this area will be reviewed, focusing on the important emerging themes that are relevant to these diseases including inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). RECENT FINDINGS The main current themes that will be addressed on the role of epigenetics in disease pathogenesis include current understanding of the nature and function of histone modifications and DNA methylation; the connection between epigenetics and metabolic pathways; new studies on the mechanism of heritability of epigenetic changes; the role of stochastic noise and the expanding research on chromatin readers and their potential as selective therapeutic targets. The recent contribution of epigenetic modifications in defining the molecular basis of IBD and how such changes may act as fine-tuners of gene expression in these intestinal disorders are also discussed. SUMMARY Published evidence over the last 12-18 months indicates that targeting epigenetic factors can be efficacious in cancer and inflammatory disease. All the indications are that future research will continue to reveal new epigenetic targets and mechanisms that will advance the prospects for selective epigenetic therapy for IBD and other complex diseases.
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Jun JC, Cominelli F, Abbott DW. RIP2 activity in inflammatory disease and implications for novel therapeutics. J Leukoc Biol 2013; 94:927-32. [PMID: 23794710 DOI: 10.1189/jlb.0213109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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The role of NOD2 and RIP2 in inflammatory disease has been paradoxical. Whereas loss-of-function NOD2 polymorphisms cause CD, a granulomatous disease of the gastrointestinal tract, gain-of-function mutations cause EOS-a granulomatous disease primarily affecting the skin, joints, and eyes. Thus, gain-of-function mutations and loss-of-function polymorphisms cause granulomatous inflammatory disease, only in different anatomic locations. The situation is complicated further by the fact that WT NOD2 and WT RIP2 activity has been implicated in diseases such as asthma, inflammatory arthritis and MS. This article reviews the role that the NOD2:RIP2 complex plays in inflammatory disease, with an emphasis on the inhibition of this signaling pathway as a novel pharmaceutical target in inflammatory disease.
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- Janice C Jun
- 1.Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Wolstein Research Bldg., 2103 Cornell Rd., Room 6532, Cleveland, OH 44122, USA.
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Rietveld CA, Medland SE, Derringer J, Yang J, Esko T, Martin NW, Westra HJ, Shakhbazov K, Abdellaoui A, Agrawal A, Albrecht E, Alizadeh BZ, Amin N, Barnard J, Baumeister SE, Benke KS, Bielak LF, Boatman JA, Boyle PA, Davies G, de Leeuw C, Eklund N, Evans DS, Ferhmann R, Fischer K, Gieger C, Gjessing HK, Hägg S, Harris JR, Hayward C, Holzapfel C, Ibrahim-Verbaas CA, Ingelsson E, Jacobsson B, Joshi PK, Jugessur A, Kaakinen M, Kanoni S, Karjalainen J, Kolcic I, Kristiansson K, Kutalik Z, Lahti J, Lee SH, Lin P, Lind PA, Liu Y, Lohman K, Loitfelder M, McMahon G, Vidal PM, Meirelles O, Milani L, Myhre R, Nuotio ML, Oldmeadow CJ, Petrovic KE, Peyrot WJ, Polašek O, Quaye L, Reinmaa E, Rice JP, Rizzi TS, Schmidt H, Schmidt R, Smith AV, Smith JA, Tanaka T, Terracciano A, van der Loos MJ, Vitart V, Völzke H, Wellmann J, Yu L, Zhao W, Allik J, Attia JR, Bandinelli S, Bastardot F, Beauchamp J, Bennett DA, Berger K, Bierut LJ, Boomsma DI, Bültmann U, Campbell H, Chabris CF, Cherkas L, Chung MK, Cucca F, de Andrade M, De Jager PL, De Neve JE, Deary IJ, Dedoussis GV, Deloukas P, Dimitriou M, Eiriksdottir G, Elderson MF, Eriksson JG, Evans DM, Faul JD, Ferrucci L, Garcia ME, Grönberg H, Gudnason V, Hall P, Harris JM, Harris TB, Hastie ND, Heath AC, Hernandez DG, Hoffmann W, Hofman A, Holle R, Holliday EG, Hottenga JJ, Iacono WG, Illig T, Järvelin MR, Kähönen M, Kaprio J, Kirkpatrick RM, Kowgier M, Latvala A, Launer LJ, Lawlor DA, Lehtimäki T, Li J, Lichtenstein P, Lichtner P, Liewald DC, Madden PA, Magnusson PKE, Mäkinen TE, Masala M, McGue M, Metspalu A, Mielck A, Miller MB, Montgomery GW, Mukherjee S, Nyholt DR, Oostra BA, Palmer LJ, Palotie A, Penninx B, Perola M, Peyser PA, Preisig M, Räikkönen K, Raitakari OT, Realo A, Ring SM, Ripatti S, Rivadeneira F, Rudan I, Rustichini A, Salomaa V, Sarin AP, Schlessinger D, Scott RJ, Snieder H, Pourcain BS, Starr JM, Sul JH, Surakka I, Svento R, Teumer A, Tiemeier H, Rooij FJA, Van Wagoner DR, Vartiainen E, Viikari J, Vollenweider P, Vonk JM, Waeber G, Weir DR, Wichmann HE, Widen E, Willemsen G, Wilson JF, Wright AF, Conley D, Davey-Smith G, Franke L, Groenen PJF, Hofman A, Johannesson M, Kardia SL, Krueger RF, Laibson D, Martin NG, Meyer MN, Posthuma D, Thurik AR, Timpson NJ, Uitterlinden AG, van Duijn CM, Visscher PM, Benjamin DJ, Cesarini D, Koellinger PD. GWAS of 126,559 individuals identifies genetic variants associated with educational attainment. Science 2013; 340:1467-71. [PMID: 23722424 PMCID: PMC3751588 DOI: 10.1126/science.1235488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 484] [Impact Index Per Article: 44.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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A genome-wide association study (GWAS) of educational attainment was conducted in a discovery sample of 101,069 individuals and a replication sample of 25,490. Three independent single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are genome-wide significant (rs9320913, rs11584700, rs4851266), and all three replicate. Estimated effects sizes are small (coefficient of determination R(2) ≈ 0.02%), approximately 1 month of schooling per allele. A linear polygenic score from all measured SNPs accounts for ≈2% of the variance in both educational attainment and cognitive function. Genes in the region of the loci have previously been associated with health, cognitive, and central nervous system phenotypes, and bioinformatics analyses suggest the involvement of the anterior caudate nucleus. These findings provide promising candidate SNPs for follow-up work, and our effect size estimates can anchor power analyses in social-science genetics.
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- Cornelius A. Rietveld
- Department of Applied Economics, Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam 3000 CA, The Netherlands
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- Queensland Institute of Medical Research, 300 Herston Road, Brisbane, Queensland 4006, Australia
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- Institute for Behavioral Genetics, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309–0447, USA
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- University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, The University of Queensland, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland 4102, Australia
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- Estonian Genome Center, University of Tartu, Tartu 51010, Estonia
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- Queensland Institute of Medical Research, 300 Herston Road, Brisbane, Queensland 4006, Australia
- School of Psychology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- Department of Genetics, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, 9713 GZ Groningen, The Netherlands
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- University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, The University of Queensland, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland 4102, Australia
- Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- Department of Biological Psychology, VU University Amsterdam, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Institute of Genetic Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Department of Epidemiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Genetic Epidemiology Unit, Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam 3000 CA, the Netherlands
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- Heart and Vascular and Lerner Research Institutes, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
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- Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X5, Canada
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109–2029, USA
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- Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Rush University Medical Center, Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
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- Centre for Cognitive Aging and Cognitive Epidemiology, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, Scotland, UK
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- Department of Functional Genomics, VU University Amsterdam and VU Medical Center, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland
- Public Health Genomics Unit, Department of Chronic Disease Prevention, The National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki 00014, Finland
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- California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute, San Francisco, CA 94107–1728, USA
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- Department of Genetics, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, 9713 GZ Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Estonian Genome Center, University of Tartu, Tartu 51010, Estonia
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- Institute of Genetic Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Department of Genes and Environment, Division of Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Nydalen, N-0403 Oslo, Norway
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- Molecular Epidemiology, Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University, 751 85 Uppsala, Sweden
- Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, 751 23 Uppsala, Sweden
- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Genes and Environment, Division of Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Nydalen, N-0403 Oslo, Norway
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- Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH4 2XU, UK
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- Else Kroener-Fresenius-Centre for Nutritional Medicine, Technische Universität München, 81675 Munich, Germany
- Research Unit of Molecular Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Genetic Epidemiology Unit, Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam 3000 CA, the Netherlands
- Department of Neurology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam 3000 CA, The Netherlands
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- Molecular Epidemiology, Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University, 751 85 Uppsala, Sweden
- Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, 751 23 Uppsala, Sweden
- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Genes and Environment, Division of Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Nydalen, N-0403 Oslo, Norway
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Institute of Public Health, Sahlgrenska Academy, Sahgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, 413 45, Sweden
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- Centre for Population Health Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9AG, UK
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- Department of Genes and Environment, Division of Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Nydalen, N-0403 Oslo, Norway
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- Institute of Health Sciences, University of Oulu, Oulu 90014, Finland
- Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu, Oulu 90014, Finland
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- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton CB10 1SA, UK
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- Department of Genetics, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, 9713 GZ Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Split, 21000 Split, Croatia
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- Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland
- Public Health Genomics Unit, Department of Chronic Disease Prevention, The National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki 00014, Finland
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- Department of Medical Genetics, University of Lausanne, 1005 Lausanne, Switzerland
- Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institute of Behavioral Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland
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- Queensland Institute of Medical Research, 300 Herston Road, Brisbane, Queensland 4006, Australia
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- Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Queensland Institute of Medical Research, 300 Herston Road, Brisbane, Queensland 4006, Australia
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- Department of Epidemiology & Prevention, Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, NC 27157–1063, USA
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- Department of Biostatistical Sciences, Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, NC 27157–1063, USA
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- Division for Neurogeriatrics, Department of Neurology, Medical University of Graz, Graz 8036, Austria
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- School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 2PR, UK
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- Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, Lausanne University Hospital, 1005 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD 20892, USA
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- Estonian Genome Center, University of Tartu, Tartu 51010, Estonia
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- Department of Genes and Environment, Division of Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Nydalen, N-0403 Oslo, Norway
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- Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland
- Public Health Genomics Unit, Department of Chronic Disease Prevention, The National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki 00014, Finland
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- Hunter Medical Research Institute and Faculty of Health, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW 2308, Australia
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- Division of General Neurology, Department of Neurology, General Hospital and Medical University of Graz, Graz 8036, Austria
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- Department of Psychiatry, VU University Medical Center, 1081 HL Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Split, 21000 Split, Croatia
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- Department of Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology, King’s College London, London SE1 7EH, UK
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- Estonian Genome Center, University of Tartu, Tartu 51010, Estonia
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- Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Functional Genomics, VU University Amsterdam and VU Medical Center, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Medical University of Graz, Graz 8036, Austria
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- Division for Neurogeriatrics, Department of Neurology, Medical University of Graz, Graz 8036, Austria
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- Icelandic Heart Association, Kopavogur 201, Iceland
- Department of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik 101, Iceland
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109–2029, USA
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- National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD 20892, USA
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- National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD 20892, USA
- College of Medicine, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306–4300, USA
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- Department of Applied Economics, Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam 3000 CA, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH4 2XU, UK
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- Institute for Community Medicine, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald 17489, Germany
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- Institute of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, University of Muenster, 48129 Muenster, Germany
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- Rush University Medical Center, Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109–2029, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Tartu, Tartu 50410, Estonia
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- Hunter Medical Research Institute and Faculty of Health, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW 2308, Australia
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Rush University Medical Center, Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
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- Institute of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, University of Muenster, 48129 Muenster, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Biological Psychology, VU University Amsterdam, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Health Sciences, Community & Occupational Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, 9700 AD Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Centre for Population Health Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9AG, UK
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- Department of Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology, King’s College London, London SE1 7EH, UK
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- Heart and Vascular and Lerner Research Institutes, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
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- Istituto di Ricerca Genetica e Biomedica, CNR, Monserrato, 09042, Cagliari, Italy
- Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche, Università di Sassari, 07100 SS, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences Research, Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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- Program in Translational Neuropsychiatric Genomics, Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- School of Public Policy, University College London, London WC1H 9QU, UK
- Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics, London WC2A 2AE, UK
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- Centre for Cognitive Aging and Cognitive Epidemiology, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, Scotland, UK
- Department of Psychology, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, Scotland, UK
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- Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Harokopio University of Athens, Athens 17671, Greece
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- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton CB10 1SA, UK
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- Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Harokopio University of Athens, Athens 17671, Greece
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- LifeLines Cohort Study, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of General Practice and Primary Health Care, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland
- Unit of General Practice, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki 00280, Finland
- Folkhälsan Research Center, Helsinki 00250, Finland
- Vaasa Central Hospital, Vaasa 65130, Finland
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- MRC Centre for Causal Analyses in Translational Epidemiology, School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 2PR, UK
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- Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48106, USA
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- National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD 20892, USA
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- National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD 20892, USA
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- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Icelandic Heart Association, Kopavogur 201, Iceland
- Department of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik 101, Iceland
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- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology, King’s College London, London SE1 7EH, UK
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- National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD 20892, USA
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- Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH4 2XU, UK
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- Division of Biology and Biomedical Sciences, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63110–1093, USA
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- National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD 20892, USA
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- Institute for Community Medicine, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald 17489, Germany
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- Faculty of Behavioral and Social Sciences, University of Groningen, 9747 AD Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Health Economics and Health Care Management, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Hunter Medical Research Institute and Faculty of Health, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW 2308, Australia
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- Department of Biological Psychology, VU University Amsterdam, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455–0344, USA
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- Research Unit of Molecular Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
- Hannover Unified Biobank, Hannover Medical School, 30625 Hannover, Germany
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- Institute of Health Sciences, University of Oulu, Oulu 90014, Finland
- Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu, Oulu 90014, Finland
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, MRC-HPA Centre for Environment and Health, Imperial College London, London W2 1PG, UK
- Unit of Primary Care, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu 90220, Finland
- Department of Children and Young People and Families, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Oulu 90101, Finland
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- Department of Clinical Physiology, Tampere University Hospital and University of Tampere School of Medicine, Tampere 33520, Finland
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- Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland
- Department of Public Health, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
- Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, National Institute for Health and Welfare, 00300 Helsinki, Finland
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- Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, Ontario M5G 0A3, Canada
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- Department of Public Health, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
- Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, National Institute for Health and Welfare, 00300 Helsinki, Finland
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- National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD 20892, USA
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- MRC Centre for Causal Analyses in Translational Epidemiology, School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 2PR, UK
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- Department of Clinical Chemistry, Fimlab Laboratories, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere 33520, Finland
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- Human Genetics, Genome Institute of Singapore, Singapore 138672, Singapore
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- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Institute of Human Genetics, Helmholtz Centre Munich, German Research Center for Environmental Health, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Centre for Cognitive Aging and Cognitive Epidemiology, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, Scotland, UK
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- Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Health, Functional Capacity and Welfare, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki 00271, Finland
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- Istituto di Ricerca Genetica e Biomedica, CNR, Monserrato, 09042, Cagliari, Italy
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- Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455–0344, USA
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- Estonian Genome Center, University of Tartu, Tartu 51010, Estonia
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- Institute of Health Economics and Health Care Management, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455–0344, USA
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- Queensland Institute of Medical Research, 300 Herston Road, Brisbane, Queensland 4006, Australia
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- Western Australia Sleep Disorders Research Institute, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, Western Australia 6009, Australia
- Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8, Canada
- Women’s College Research Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1N8, Canada
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- Queensland Institute of Medical Research, 300 Herston Road, Brisbane, Queensland 4006, Australia
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- Genetic Epidemiology Unit, Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam 3000 CA, the Netherlands
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- Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, Ontario M5G 0A3, Canada
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- Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland
- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton CB10 1SA, UK
- Department of Medical Genetics, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Psychiatry, VU University Medical Center, 1081 HL Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Estonian Genome Center, University of Tartu, Tartu 51010, Estonia
- Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland
- Public Health Genomics Unit, Department of Chronic Disease Prevention, The National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki 00014, Finland
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109–2029, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institute of Behavioral Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland
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- Department of Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine, Turku University Hospital, Turku 20520, Finland
- Research Centre of Applied and Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Turku, Turku 20520, Finland
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- Department of Psychology, University of Tartu, Tartu 50410, Estonia
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- School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 2PR, UK
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- Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland
- Public Health Genomics Unit, Department of Chronic Disease Prevention, The National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki 00014, Finland
- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton CB10 1SA, UK
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- Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam 3000 CA, The Netherlands
- Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam 3000 CA, The Netherlands
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- Centre for Population Health Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9AG, UK
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- Department of Economics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455–0462, USA
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- Chronic Disease Epidemiology Unit, Department of Chronic Disease Prevention, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki 00271, Finland
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- Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland
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- National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD 20892, USA
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- Hunter Medical Research Institute and Faculty of Health, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW 2308, Australia
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- Department of Epidemiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands
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- MRC Centre for Causal Analyses in Translational Epidemiology, School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 2PR, UK
- School of Oral and Dental Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol BS1 2LY, UK
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- Centre for Cognitive Aging and Cognitive Epidemiology, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, Scotland, UK
- Alzheimer Scotland Dementia Research Centre, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, Scotland, UK
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- Department of Computer Science, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland
- Public Health Genomics Unit, Department of Chronic Disease Prevention, The National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki 00014, Finland
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- Department of Economics, Oulu Business School, University of Oulu, Oulu 90014, Finland
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- Interfaculty Institute for Genetics and Functional Genomics, Department of Functional Genomics, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald 17487, Germany
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- Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam 3000 CA, The Netherlands
- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Erasmus Medical Center, 3000 CB Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam 3000 CA, The Netherlands
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- Heart and Vascular and Lerner Research Institutes, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
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- Division of Welfare and Health Promotion, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki 00271, Finland
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- Department of Medicine, Turku University Hospital, Turku 20520, Finland
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Epidemiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48106, USA
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- Institute of Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, Chair of Epidemiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, 81377 Munich, Germany
- Klinikum Grosshadern, 81377 Munich, Germany
- Institute of Epidemiology I, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Centre for Environmental Health, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland
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- Department of Biological Psychology, VU University Amsterdam, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Centre for Population Health Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9AG, UK
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- Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH4 2XU, UK
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- Department of Sociology, New York University, New York, NY 10012, USA
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- MRC Centre for Causal Analyses in Translational Epidemiology, School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 2PR, UK
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- Department of Genetics, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, 9713 GZ Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Econometric Institute, Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam 3000 DR, The Netherlands
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- Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam 3000 CA, The Netherlands
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- Department of Economics, Stockholm School of Economics, Stockholm 113 83, Sweden
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109–2029, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455–0344, USA
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- Department of Economics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
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- Queensland Institute of Medical Research, 300 Herston Road, Brisbane, Queensland 4006, Australia
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- Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, & Bioethics, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
- Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government, State University of New York, Albany, NY 12203–1003, USA
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- Department of Functional Genomics, VU University Amsterdam and VU Medical Center, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Erasmus Medical Center, 3000 CB Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Clinical Genetics, VU University Medical Centrer, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Applied Economics, Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Panteia, Zoetermeer 2701 AA, Netherlands
- GSCM-Montpellier Business School, Montpellier 34185, France
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- MRC Centre for Causal Analyses in Translational Epidemiology, School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 2PR, UK
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- Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam 3000 CA, The Netherlands
- Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam 3000 CA, The Netherlands
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- Genetic Epidemiology Unit, Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam 3000 CA, the Netherlands
- Centre for Medical Systems Biology, Leiden University Medical Center, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Queensland Institute of Medical Research, 300 Herston Road, Brisbane, Queensland 4006, Australia
- University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, The University of Queensland, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland 4102, Australia
- Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- Center for Experimental Social Science, Department of Economics, New York University, New York, NY 10012, USA
- Division of Social Science, New York University Abu Dhabi, PO Box 129188, Abu Dhabi, UAE
- Research Institute of Industrial Economics, Stockholm 102 15, Sweden
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- Department of Applied Economics, Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam 3000 CA, The Netherlands
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Hermsdorff HH, Mansego ML, Campión J, Milagro FI, Zulet MA, Martínez JA. TNF-alpha promoter methylation in peripheral white blood cells: relationship with circulating TNFα, truncal fat and n-6 PUFA intake in young women. Cytokine 2013; 64:265-71. [PMID: 23796695 DOI: 10.1016/j.cyto.2013.05.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2013] [Revised: 05/29/2013] [Accepted: 05/29/2013] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The aim of this article is to assess the potential relationships between TNFα gene promoter methylation in peripheral white blood cells and central adiposity (truncal fat), metabolic features and dietary fat intake. A group of 40 normal-weight young women (21 ± 3y; BMI 21.0 ± 1.7 kg/m(2)) was included in this cross-sectional study. Anthropometric, biochemical and dietary data were assessed using validated procedures. DNA from white blood cells was isolated and 5-methylcytosine levels of the CpGs sites present in TNFα gene promoter (from -170 to +359 pb) were analyzed by Sequenom EpiTyper. Those women with high truncal fat (≥52.3%) showed lower 5-methylcytosine levels (P<0.05) in the site CpG13 (at position +207) and CpG19 (+317 pb) of the TNFα gene promoter when were compared to women with lower truncal adiposity. The methylation levels of CpG13 were also correlated with circulating TNFα levels, which were higher in those women with greater truncal adiposity. In a linear regression model, truncal fat, HDL-cholesterol, insulin, plasma TNFα, and daily n-6 PUFA intake explained the methylation levels of CpG13 site +207 by 48% and the average of CpG13 and CpG19 by 43% (P<0.001). In conclusion, women with higher truncal fat showed lower methylation levels of TNFα promoter in peripheral white blood cells and higher plasma TNFα concentrations. DNA methylation levels of TNFα promoter were associated with some metabolic features and with n-6 PUFA intake, suggesting a complex nutriepigenomic network in the regulation of this recognized pro-inflammatory marker.
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- H H Hermsdorff
- Department of Nutrition and Health, Federal University of Viçosa, Viçosa, MG 36570, Brazil
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Zulfiqar F, Hozo I, Rangarajan S, Mariuzza RA, Dziarski R, Gupta D. Genetic Association of Peptidoglycan Recognition Protein Variants with Inflammatory Bowel Disease. PLoS One 2013; 8:e67393. [PMID: 23840689 PMCID: PMC3686734 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0067393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2012] [Accepted: 05/17/2013] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a common disease, includes Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC), and is determined by altered gut bacterial populations and aberrant host immune response. Peptidoglycan recognition proteins (PGLYRP) are innate immunity bactericidal proteins expressed in the intestine. In mice, PGLYRPs modulate bacterial populations in the gut and sensitivity to experimentally induced UC. The role of PGLYRPs in humans with CD and/or UC has not been previously investigated. Here we tested the hypothesis that genetic variants in PGLYRP1, PGLYRP2, PGLYRP3 and PGLYRP4 genes associate with CD and/or UC and with gender and/or age of onset of disease in the patient population. We sequenced all PGLYRP exons in 372 CD patients, 77 UC patients, 265 population controls, 210 familial CD controls, and 24 familial UC controls, identified all polymorphisms in these populations, and analyzed the variants for significant association with CD and UC. We identified 16 polymorphisms in the four PGLYRP genes that significantly associated with CD, UC, and/or subgroups of patient populations. Of the 16, 5 significantly associated with both CD and UC, 6 with CD, and 5 with UC. 12 significant variants result in amino acid substitutions and based on structural modeling several of these missense variants may have structural and/or functional consequences for PGLYRP proteins. Our data demonstrate that genetic variants in PGLYRP genes associate with CD and UC and may provide a novel insight into the mechanism of pathogenesis of IBD.
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- Fareeha Zulfiqar
- Indiana University School of Medicine–Northwest, Gary, Indiana, United States of America
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- Department of Mathematics, Indiana University Northwest, Gary, Indiana, United States of America
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- The Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology Research, University of Maryland, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
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- The Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology Research, University of Maryland, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
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- Indiana University School of Medicine–Northwest, Gary, Indiana, United States of America
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- Indiana University School of Medicine–Northwest, Gary, Indiana, United States of America
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Bradfute SB, Castillo EF, Arko-Mensah J, Chauhan S, Jiang S, Mandell M, Deretic V. Autophagy as an immune effector against tuberculosis. Curr Opin Microbiol 2013; 16:355-65. [PMID: 23790398 DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2013.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2013] [Revised: 05/08/2013] [Accepted: 05/08/2013] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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The now well-accepted innate immunity paradigm that autophagy acts as a cell-autonomous defense against intracellular bacteria has its key origins in studies with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, an important human pathogen and a model microorganism infecting macrophages. A number of different factors have been identified that play into the anti-mycobacterial functions of autophagy, and recent in vivo studies in the mouse model of tuberculosis have uncovered additional anti-inflammatory and tissue-sparing functions of autophagy. Complementing these observations, genome wide association studies indicate a considerable overlap between autophagy, human susceptibility to mycobacterial infections and predisposition loci for inflammatory bowel disease. Finally, recent studies show that autophagy is an important regulator and effector of IL-1 responses, and that autophagy intersects with type I interferon pathology-modulating responses.
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- Steven B Bradfute
- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA
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Koláček M, Muchová J, Dvořáková M, Paduchová Z, Žitňanová I, Čierna I, Országhová Z, Székyová D, Jajcaiová-Zedníčková N, Kovács L, Ďuračková Z. Effect of natural polyphenols (Pycnogenol) on oxidative stress markers in children suffering from Crohn's disease--a pilot study. Free Radic Res 2013; 47:624-34. [PMID: 23710677 DOI: 10.3109/10715762.2013.807508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Crohn's disease (CD) is a nonspecific, chronic inflammatory disease of the gastrointestinal tract. It is supposed that in etiopathogenesis oxidative stress (OS) plays a role. However, its precise role in the active and non-active states of disease is not known yet. We conducted a pilot study focusing on the relationship between OS of CD in remission and the possibility to influence clinical parameters and markers of OS by polyphenolic extract, Pycnogenol® (Pyc). Compared to 15 healthy controls 15 pediatric CD patients (all were in remission according to their disease activity index - PCDAI) had reduced the activity of Cu/Zn-superoxide dismutase (SOD) and increased the oxidative damage to proteins. We found negative correlations between markers of inflammation (calprotectin, CRP) as well as between PCDAI and total antioxidant capacity (TAC). Activities of antioxidant enzymes, SOD, and glutathione peroxidase (GPX) negatively correlated with calprotectin and PCDAI. Pyc (2 mg/kg) positively influenced the parameters of OS in CD patients after 10 weeks of administration.
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- M Koláček
- Institute of Medical Chemistry, Biochemistry and Clinical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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Hunt KA, Mistry V, Bockett NA, Ahmad T, Ban M, Barker JN, Barrett JC, Blackburn H, Brand O, Burren O, Capon F, Compston A, Gough SCL, Jostins L, Kong Y, Lee JC, Lek M, MacArthur DG, Mansfield JC, Mathew CG, Mein CA, Mirza M, Nutland S, Onengut-Gumuscu S, Papouli E, Parkes M, Rich SS, Sawcer S, Satsangi J, Simmonds MJ, Trembath RC, Walker NM, Wozniak E, Todd JA, Simpson MA, Plagnol V, van Heel DA. Negligible impact of rare autoimmune-locus coding-region variants on missing heritability. Nature 2013; 498:232-5. [PMID: 23698362 PMCID: PMC3736321 DOI: 10.1038/nature12170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 158] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2013] [Accepted: 04/08/2013] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified common variants of modest-effect size at hundreds of loci for common autoimmune diseases; however, a substantial fraction of heritability remains unexplained, to which rare variants may contribute. To discover rare variants and test them for association with a phenotype, most studies re-sequence a small initial sample size and then genotype the discovered variants in a larger sample set. This approach fails to analyse a large fraction of the rare variants present in the entire sample set. Here we perform simultaneous amplicon-sequencing-based variant discovery and genotyping for coding exons of 25 GWAS risk genes in 41,911 UK residents of white European origin, comprising 24,892 subjects with six autoimmune disease phenotypes and 17,019 controls, and show that rare coding-region variants at known loci have a negligible role in common autoimmune disease susceptibility. These results do not support the rare-variant synthetic genome-wide-association hypothesis (in which unobserved rare causal variants lead to association detected at common tag variants). Many known autoimmune disease risk loci contain multiple, independently associated, common and low-frequency variants, and so genes at these loci are a priori stronger candidates for harbouring rare coding-region variants than other genes. Our data indicate that the missing heritability for common autoimmune diseases may not be attributable to the rare coding-region variant portion of the allelic spectrum, but perhaps, as others have proposed, may be a result of many common-variant loci of weak effect.
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- Karen A Hunt
- Blizard Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London E1 2AT, UK
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Solovieff N, Cotsapas C, Lee PH, Purcell SM, Smoller JW. Pleiotropy in complex traits: challenges and strategies. Nat Rev Genet 2013; 14:483-95. [PMID: 23752797 DOI: 10.1038/nrg3461] [Citation(s) in RCA: 699] [Impact Index Per Article: 63.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Genome-wide association studies have identified many variants that each affects multiple traits, particularly across autoimmune diseases, cancers and neuropsychiatric disorders, suggesting that pleiotropic effects on human complex traits may be widespread. However, systematic detection of such effects is challenging and requires new methodologies and frameworks for interpreting cross-phenotype results. In this Review, we discuss the evidence for pleiotropy in contemporary genetic mapping studies, new and established analytical approaches to identifying pleiotropic effects, sources of spurious cross-phenotype effects and study design considerations. We also outline the molecular and clinical implications of such findings and discuss future directions of research.
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- Nadia Solovieff
- Center for Human Genetics Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, 185 Cambridge Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
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Large sample size, wide variant spectrum, and advanced machine-learning technique boost risk prediction for inflammatory bowel disease. Am J Hum Genet 2013; 92:1008-12. [PMID: 23731541 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2013.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 122] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2013] [Revised: 04/19/2013] [Accepted: 05/02/2013] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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We performed risk assessment for Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC), the two common forms of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), by using data from the International IBD Genetics Consortium's Immunochip project. This data set contains ~17,000 CD cases, ~13,000 UC cases, and ~22,000 controls from 15 European countries typed on the Immunochip. This custom chip provides a more comprehensive catalog of the most promising candidate variants by picking up the remaining common variants and certain rare variants that were missed in the first generation of GWAS. Given this unprecedented large sample size and wide variant spectrum, we employed the most recent machine-learning techniques to build optimal predictive models. Our final predictive models achieved areas under the curve (AUCs) of 0.86 and 0.83 for CD and UC, respectively, in an independent evaluation. To our knowledge, this is the best prediction performance ever reported for CD and UC to date.
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The aetiology of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is complex and is known to involve both genetic and environmental factors. In a small number of patients, single-gene defects can lead to the development of SLE. Such genes include those encoding early components of the complement cascade and the 3'-5' DNA exonuclease TREX1. In addition, genome-wide association studies have identified single-nucleotide polymorphisms that confer some susceptibility to SLE. In this Review, we discuss selected examples of genes whose products have distinctly altered function in SLE and contribute to the pathogenic process. Specifically, we focus on the genes encoding integrin αM (ITGAM), IgG Fc receptors, sialic acid O-acetyl esterase (SIAE), the catalytic subunit of protein phosphatase PP2A (PPP2CA) and signalling lymphocytic activation molecule (SLAM) family members. Moreover, we highlight the changes in epigenetic signatures that occur in SLE. Such epigenetic modifications, which are abundantly present and might alter gene expression in the presence or absence of susceptibility variants, should be carefully considered when deconstructing the contribution of individual genes to the complex pathogenesis of SLE.
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Liu JZ, Hov JR, Folseraas T, Ellinghaus E, Rushbrook SM, Doncheva NT, Andreassen OA, Weersma RK, Weismüller TJ, Eksteen B, Invernizzi P, Hirschfield GM, Gotthardt DN, Pares A, Ellinghaus D, Shah T, Juran BD, Milkiewicz P, Rust C, Schramm C, Müller T, Srivastava B, Dalekos G, Nöthen MM, Herms S, Winkelmann J, Mitrovic M, Braun F, Ponsioen CY, Croucher PJP, Sterneck M, Teufel A, Mason AL, Saarela J, Leppa V, Dorfman R, Alvaro D, Floreani A, Onengut-Gumuscu S, Rich SS, Thompson WK, Schork AJ, Næss S, Thomsen I, Mayr G, König IR, Hveem K, Cleynen I, Gutierrez-Achury J, Ricaño-Ponce I, van Heel D, Björnsson E, Sandford RN, Durie PR, Melum E, Vatn MH, Silverberg MS, Duerr RH, Padyukov L, Brand S, Sans M, Annese V, Achkar JP, Boberg KM, Marschall HU, Chazouillères O, Bowlus CL, Wijmenga C, Schrumpf E, Vermeire S, Albrecht M, Rioux JD, Alexander G, Bergquist A, Cho J, Schreiber S, Manns MP, Färkkilä M, Dale AM, Chapman RW, Lazaridis KN, Franke A, Anderson CA, Karlsen TH. Dense genotyping of immune-related disease regions identifies nine new risk loci for primary sclerosing cholangitis. Nat Genet 2013; 45:670-5. [PMID: 23603763 PMCID: PMC3667736 DOI: 10.1038/ng.2616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 285] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2012] [Accepted: 03/29/2013] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Abstract
Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is a severe liver disease of unknown etiology leading to fibrotic destruction of the bile ducts and ultimately to the need for liver transplantation. We compared 3,789 PSC cases of European ancestry to 25,079 population controls across 130,422 SNPs genotyped using the Immunochip. We identified 12 genome-wide significant associations outside the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) complex, 9 of which were new, increasing the number of known PSC risk loci to 16. Despite comorbidity with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in 72% of the cases, 6 of the 12 loci showed significantly stronger association with PSC than with IBD, suggesting overlapping yet distinct genetic architectures for these two diseases. We incorporated association statistics from 7 diseases clinically occurring with PSC in the analysis and found suggestive evidence for 33 additional pleiotropic PSC risk loci. Together with network analyses, these findings add to the genetic risk map of PSC and expand on the relationship between PSC and other immune-mediated diseases.
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- Jimmy Z. Liu
- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK
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- Norwegian PSC Research Center, Division of Cancer Medicine, Surgery and Transplantation, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway
- Research Institute of Internal Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Section of Gastroenterology, Department of Transplantation Medicine, Division of Cancer, Surgery and Transplantation, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway
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- Norwegian PSC Research Center, Division of Cancer Medicine, Surgery and Transplantation, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway
- Research Institute of Internal Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Norfolk and Norwich, University Hospitals NHS Trust, Norwich, UK
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- KG Jebsen Centre for Psychosis Research, Division of Mental Health and Addiction, Oslo University Hospital, Ulleval, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Groningen and University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endocrinology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
- Integrated Research and Treatment Center-Transplantation (IFB-tx), Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
- Current affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine 1, University Hospital of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Snyder Institute of Chronic Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
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- Center for Autoimmune Liver Diseases, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, Rozzano (MI), Italy
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
- Centre for Liver Research, NIHR Biomedical Research Unit, Birmingham, UK
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- Liver Unit, Hospital Clínic, IDIBAPS, CIBERehd, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK
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- Center for Basic Research in Digestive Diseases, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Liver Unit and Liver Research Laboratories, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland
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- Department of Medicine 2, Grosshadern, University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- 1st Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Academic Department of Medical Genetics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Medicine, Medical School, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece
- Research Laboratory of Internal Medicine, Medical School, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
- Department of Genomics, Life & Brain Center, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
- Department of Genomics, Life & Brain Center, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute of Human Genetics, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
- Department of Neurology, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
- Institute of Human Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München-German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Department of Genetics, University of Groningen and University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of General, Visceral, Thoracic, Transplantation and Pediatric Surgery, University Medical Centre Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley, United States of America
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery and Transplantation, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- 1st Department of Medicine, University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Public Health Genomics Unit, Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland FIMM, University of Helsinki and National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- Program in Genetics and Genome Biology, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Dept. of Surgical, Oncological and Gastroenterological Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Center for Public Health Genomics, Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA
- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA
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- Center for Public Health Genomics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA
- Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Graduate Program in Cognitive Science, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Norwegian PSC Research Center, Division of Cancer Medicine, Surgery and Transplantation, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway
- Research Institute of Internal Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Informatics, Saarbrücken, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Biometry and Statistics, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
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- Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK
- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Genetics, University of Groningen and University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Genetics, University of Groningen and University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Blizard Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Landspitali University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland
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- Academic Department of Medical Genetics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Physiology and Experimental Medicine, Research Institute, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Norwegian PSC Research Center, Division of Cancer Medicine, Surgery and Transplantation, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway
- Research Institute of Internal Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Section of Gastroenterology, Department of Transplantation Medicine, Division of Cancer, Surgery and Transplantation, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway
- EpiGen, Campus AHUS, Akershus University Hospital, Nordbyhagen, Norway
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- Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Group, Zane Cohen Centre for Digestive Diseases, Mount Sinai Hospital Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- Department of Human Genetics, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital Solna, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Medicine II, University Hospital Munich-Grosshadern, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany
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- Department of Digestive Diseases, Centro Médico Teknon, Barcelona, Spain
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico-Casa Sollievodella Sofferenza Hospital, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
- Unit of Gastroenterology SOD2, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Digestive Disease Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
- Department of Pathobiology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Norwegian PSC Research Center, Division of Cancer Medicine, Surgery and Transplantation, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Section of Gastroenterology, Department of Transplantation Medicine, Division of Cancer, Surgery and Transplantation, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy and University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- AP-HP, Hôpital Saint Antoine, Department of Hepatology, UPMC Univ Paris 06, Paris, France
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Genetics, University of Groningen and University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Norwegian PSC Research Center, Division of Cancer Medicine, Surgery and Transplantation, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Section of Gastroenterology, Department of Transplantation Medicine, Division of Cancer, Surgery and Transplantation, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Max Planck Institute for Informatics, Saarbrücken, Germany
- Department of Bioinformatics, Institute of Biometrics and Medical Informatics, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Université de Montréal, Research Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Montreal Heart Institute, Research Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Hepatology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Medicine, Section of Digestive Diseases, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
- Department for General Internal Medicine, Christian-Albrechts-University, Kiel, Germany
- Popgen Biobank, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Christian-Albrechts-University, 24105 Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endocrinology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
- Integrated Research and Treatment Center-Transplantation (IFB-tx), Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Helsinki University Hospital, Finland
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- Department of Radiology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
- Department of Neurosciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Hepatology, John Radcliffe University Hospitals NHS Trust, Oxford, UK
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- Center for Basic Research in Digestive Diseases, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK
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- Norwegian PSC Research Center, Division of Cancer Medicine, Surgery and Transplantation, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway
- Research Institute of Internal Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway
- Section of Gastroenterology, Department of Transplantation Medicine, Division of Cancer, Surgery and Transplantation, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway
- Division of Gastroenterology, Institute of Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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Denson LA. Linking genetic variation to phenotype: eQTL analysis of normal human ileum. Gastroenterology 2013; 144:1339-41. [PMID: 23623963 DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2013.04.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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Ananthakrishnan AN. Environmental risk factors for inflammatory bowel disease. Gastroenterol Hepatol (N Y) 2013; 9:367-374. [PMID: 23935543 PMCID: PMC3736793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
Abstract
Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) are chronic immunologically mediated diseases that often have a relapsing-remitting course in young persons. Genetic-risk polymorphisms explain less than one third of the heritability of disease. Epidemiologic and laboratory data suggest that environmental factors play a significant role in influencing the risk and natural history of disease. Smoking is the most widely and consistently described risk factor. It, however, increases the risk of CD while conferring protection against UC. The gut microbiome is a key component in the development of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Several external factors potentially exert an effect by influencing the composition of the gut microbiome or disrupting the intestinal barrier. These external influences include the use of antibiotics or nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and the presence of enteric infections. Data on diet have been inconsistent, but high fiber intake, particularly of soluble fiber, appears to protect against CD, whereas protein intake may increase disease risk. Vitamin D may also play an important protective role, particularly in patients with CD. Neurobehavioral factors, such as stress and depression, also influence the risk of IBD. Systematic and rigorous studies of environmental exposures in the management of IBD are needed. In particular, studies of whether environmental factors can be modified to reduce the likelihood of relapse or improve patient outcomes would be valuable.
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- Ashwin N Ananthakrishnan
- Dr. Ananthakrishnan is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts
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Hinks A, Cobb J, Marion MC, Prahalad S, Sudman M, Bowes J, Martin P, Comeau ME, Sajuthi S, Andrews R, Brown M, Chen WM, Concannon P, Deloukas P, Edkins S, Eyre S, Gaffney PM, Guthery SL, Guthridge JM, Hunt SE, James JA, Keddache M, Moser KL, Nigrovic PA, Onengut-Gumuscu S, Onslow ML, Rosé CD, Rich SS, Steel KJA, Wakeland EK, Wallace CA, Wedderburn LR, Woo P, Bohnsack JF, Haas JP, Glass DN, Langefeld CD, Thomson W, Thompson SD. Dense genotyping of immune-related disease regions identifies 14 new susceptibility loci for juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Nat Genet 2013; 45:664-9. [PMID: 23603761 PMCID: PMC3673707 DOI: 10.1038/ng.2614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 269] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2012] [Accepted: 03/25/2013] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
Abstract
We used the Immunochip array to analyze 2,816 individuals with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), comprising the most common subtypes (oligoarticular and rheumatoid factor-negative polyarticular JIA), and 13,056 controls. We confirmed association of 3 known JIA risk loci (the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) region, PTPN22 and PTPN2) and identified 14 loci reaching genome-wide significance (P < 5 × 10(-8)) for the first time. Eleven additional new regions showed suggestive evidence of association with JIA (P < 1 × 10(-6)). Dense mapping of loci along with bioinformatics analysis refined the associations to one gene in each of eight regions, highlighting crucial pathways, including the interleukin (IL)-2 pathway, in JIA disease pathogenesis. The entire Immunochip content, the HLA region and the top 27 loci (P < 1 × 10(-6)) explain an estimated 18, 13 and 6% of the risk of JIA, respectively. In summary, this is the largest collection of JIA cases investigated so far and provides new insight into the genetic basis of this childhood autoimmune disease.
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- Anne Hinks
- Arthritis Research UK Epidemiology Unit, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
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HIRSCHFIELD GIDEONM, CHAPMAN ROGERW, KARLSEN TOMH, LAMMERT FRANK, LAZARIDIS KONSTANTINOSN, MASON ANDREWL. The genetics of complex cholestatic disorders. Gastroenterology 2013; 144:1357-74. [PMID: 23583734 PMCID: PMC3705954 DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2013.03.053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2013] [Revised: 03/24/2013] [Accepted: 03/27/2013] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Cholestatic liver diseases are caused by a range of hepatobiliary insults and involve complex interactions among environmental and genetic factors. Little is known about the pathogenic mechanisms of specific cholestatic diseases, which has limited our ability to manage patients with these disorders. However, recent genome-wide studies have provided insight into the pathogenesis of gallstones, primary biliary cirrhosis, and primary sclerosing cholangitis. A lithogenic variant in the gene that encodes the hepatobiliary transporter ABCG8 has been identified as a risk factor for gallstone disease; this variant has been associated with altered cholesterol excretion and metabolism. Other variants of genes encoding transporters that affect the composition of bile have been associated with cholestasis, namely ABCB11, which encodes the bile salt export pump, and ABCB4, which encodes hepatocanalicular phosphatidylcholine floppase. In contrast, studies have associated primary biliary cirrhosis and primary sclerosing cholangitis with genes encoding major histocompatibility complex proteins and identified loci associated with microbial sensing and immune regulatory pathways outside this region, such as genes encoding IL12, STAT4, IRF5, IL2 and its receptor (IL2R), CD28, and CD80. These discoveries have raised interest in the development of reagents that target these gene products. We review recent findings from genetic studies of patients with cholestatic liver disease. Future characterization of genetic variants in animal models, stratification of risk alleles by clinical course, and identification of interacting environmental factors will increase our understanding of these complex cholestatic diseases.
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- GIDEON M. HIRSCHFIELD
- Centre for Liver Research, National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Unit, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, England
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- Department of Gastroenterology, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, England
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- Research Institute for Internal Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Medicine II, Saarland University Medical Center, Homburg, Germany
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- Center for Basic Research in Digestive Diseases, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Centre of Excellence in Gastrointestinal Inflammation and Immunity Research, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Belkaid Y, Bouladoux N, Hand TW. Effector and memory T cell responses to commensal bacteria. Trends Immunol 2013; 34:299-306. [PMID: 23643444 PMCID: PMC3733441 DOI: 10.1016/j.it.2013.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2013] [Revised: 03/18/2013] [Accepted: 03/18/2013] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Barrier surfaces are home to a vast population of commensal organisms that together encode millions of proteins; each of them possessing several potential foreign antigens. Regulation of immune responses to this enormous antigenic load represents a tremendous challenge for the immune system. Tissues exposed to commensals have developed elaborate systems of regulation including specialized populations of resident lymphocytes that maintain barrier function and limit potential responses to commensal antigens. However, in settings of infection and inflammation these regulatory mechanisms are compromised and specific effector responses against commensal bacteria can develop. This review discusses the circumstances controlling the fate of commensal specific T cells and how dysregulation of these responses could lead to severe pathological outcomes.
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- Yasmine Belkaid
- Mucosal Immunology Section, Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, NIH, Bethesda 20892, USA.
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Have genome-wide association studies or knockout mice more reflected the true nature of inflammatory bowel disease? J Crohns Colitis 2013; 7:419-20. [PMID: 23403038 DOI: 10.1016/j.crohns.2013.01.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2013] [Accepted: 01/20/2013] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Russell RK, Protheroe A, Roughton M, Croft NM, Murphy MS, Spray C, Rodrigues AF, Wilson DC, Puntis J, Cosgrove M, Tamok A, Rao P, Down C, Arnott IDR, Mitton SG. Contemporary outcomes for ulcerative colitis inpatients admitted to pediatric hospitals in the United Kingdom. Inflamm Bowel Dis 2013; 19:1434-40. [PMID: 23624885 DOI: 10.1097/mib.0b013e31828133d6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Pediatric ulcerative colitis (UC) care is variable with a lack of appropriate guidelines to guide practice until recently. METHODS UC inpatients <17 years old admitted to 23 U.K. pediatric hospitals had clinical details collected between September 2010 and 2011. Comparative data for 248 patients were available from a previous audit in 2008. RESULTS One hundred and seventy-six patients (98 males) of median age 13 years (interquartile range, 10-13) were analyzed; 23 were elective surgical admissions, 47 new diagnoses, and 106 needed acute medical care for established UC. Median length of stay was 6 days (interquartile range, 3-10) with no deaths. Eighty-eight of 126 patients (70%) with active disease had standard stool cultures performed (3 [2%] were positive), and 57 (45%) had Clostridium difficile toxin tested (none positive). Twenty-five of 66 (38%) emergency admissions had an abdominal x-ray on admission, and 13 of 66 patients (20%) had a Pediatric Ulcerative Colitis Activity Index score. There were 3 cases of toxic megacolon and 2 thromboses. Eighty-one of 116 patients (71%) responded to steroids. Nineteen patients who did not respond adequately to steroids received rescue therapy (7 infliximab, 11 ciclosporin, and 1 both) with overall response rate of 90%; 7 patients needed surgery acutely, 5 without previous rescue therapy. Compared with the 2008 data, stool culture rates improved significantly (86 of 121 [71%] versus 76 of 147 [52%], P = 0.001) as did heparinization rates (15 of 150 [10%] versus 5 of 215 [2%], P = 0.002) and rescue therapy usage (17 of 33 [52%] versus 10 of 38 [26%], P = 0.03). CONCLUSIONS There were signs of improving UC care with significantly increased rates of stool culture and rescue therapy. The majority of sites, however, did not use Pediatric Ulcerative Colitis Activity Index scores.
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- Richard K Russell
- Department of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Yorkhill Hospital, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
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Kabakchiev B, Silverberg MS. Expression quantitative trait loci analysis identifies associations between genotype and gene expression in human intestine. Gastroenterology 2013; 144:1488-96, 1496.e1-3. [PMID: 23474282 PMCID: PMC3775712 DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2013.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2012] [Revised: 01/30/2013] [Accepted: 03/01/2013] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND & AIMS Genome-wide association studies have greatly increased our understanding of intestinal disease. However, little is known about how genetic variations result in phenotypic changes. Some polymorphisms have been shown to modulate quantifiable phenotypic traits; these are called quantitative trait loci. Quantitative trait loci that affect levels of gene expression are called expression quantitative trait loci (eQTL), which can provide insight into the biological relevance of data from genome-wide association studies. We performed a comprehensive eQTL scan of intestinal tissue. METHODS Total RNA was extracted from ileal biopsy specimens and genomic DNA was obtained from whole-blood samples from the same cohort of individuals. Cis- and trans-eQTL analyses were performed using a custom software pipeline for samples from 173 subjects. The analyses determined the expression levels of 19,047 unique autosomal genes listed in the US National Center for Biotechnology Information database and more than 580,000 variants from the Single Nucleotide Polymorphism database. RESULTS The presence of more than 15,000 cis- and trans-eQTL was detected with statistical significance. eQTL associated with the same expression trait were in high linkage disequilibrium. Comparative analysis with previous eQTL studies showed that 30% to 40% of genes identified as eQTL in monocytes, liver tissue, lymphoblastoid cell lines, T cells, and fibroblasts are also eQTL in ileal tissue. Conversely, most of the significant eQTL have not been previously identified and could be tissue specific. These are involved in many cell functions, including division and antigen processing and presentation. Our analysis confirmed that previously published cis-eQTL are single nucleotide polymorphisms associated with inflammatory bowel disease: rs2298428/UBE2L3, rs1050152/SLC22A4, and SLC22A5. We identified many new associations between inflammatory bowel disease susceptibility loci and gene expression. CONCLUSIONS eQTL analysis of intestinal tissue supports findings that some eQTL remain stable across cell types, whereas others are specific to the sampled location. Our findings confirm and expand the number of known genotypes associated with expression and could help elucidate mechanisms of intestinal disease.
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- Boyko Kabakchiev
- Zane Cohen Centre for Digestive Diseases, Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Vazquez P, Garrido JM, Juste RA. Specific antibody and interferon-gamma responses associated with immunopathological forms of bovine paratuberculosis in slaughtered Friesian cattle. PLoS One 2013; 8:e64568. [PMID: 23724062 PMCID: PMC3665815 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2013] [Accepted: 04/16/2013] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) infection causes a chronic granulomatous inflammatory regional enteritis in ruminants. Cell-mediated immune responses are assumed to be protective and therefore, to be associated with its more delimited lesion types, while humoral responses are mainly associated with diffuse histopathological lesions. However, this duality of immune responses has been recently questioned. The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between both types of immunological responses and the type and extension of intestinal lesions and the presence of MAP in bovine tissues. Standard histopathological examinations, two microbiological procedures (culture and real time PCR (rtPCR)), as well as MAP specific antibody and interferon gamma (IFN-γ) release assays (IGRA) were performed on tissues and blood of 333 slaughtered Holstein-Friesian animals. Paratuberculous lesions were observed in 176 (52.9%) of the animals and overall MAP detection rates were estimated at 13.5% and 28.5% for tissue culture and rtPCR, respectively. Unlike the relatively constant non-specific IFN-γ release, both the antibody levels and the specific IFN-γ release significantly increased with tissue damage. Delimited immunopathological forms, which accounted for 93.2% of all forms, were mostly related to positive testing in the IGRA (38.4%) whereas diffuse ones (6.8%) were associated with antibody seropositivity (91.7%). However, since the frequency of positive immune responses in both tests increased as the lesions severity increased, polarization of Th1/Th2 responses was less prominent than expected. MAP was detected in the majority of ELISA-positive animals (culture+: 90%, rtPCR+: 85%) but the bacteria was only confirmed in the 36.1% of IGRA-positive animals by any of the two microbiological tests. In terms of diagnosis, the antibody test was a good indicator of advanced tissue damage (diffuse forms), but the IGRA did not associate well with more delimited forms or with MAP detection.
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- Patricia Vazquez
- Department of Animal Health, NEIKER-Tecnalia, Derio, Bizkaia, Spain
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- Department of Animal Health, NEIKER-Tecnalia, Derio, Bizkaia, Spain
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Rao A, Standing JF, Naik S, Savage MO, Sanderson IR. Mathematical modelling to restore circulating IGF-1 concentrations in children with Crohn's disease-induced growth failure: a pharmacokinetic study. BMJ Open 2013; 3:bmjopen-2013-002737. [PMID: 23793696 PMCID: PMC3664353 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002737] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
Abstract
OBJECTIVES Children with Crohn's disease grow poorly, and inflammation depresses the response of insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) to growth hormone. Correcting the inflammation normalises growth velocity; however, removing inflammation cannot be achieved in all children. Our lack of understanding of IGF-1 kinetics has hampered its use, particularly as high IGF-1 concentrations over long periods may predispose to colon cancer. We hypothesised that mathematical modelling of IGF-1 would define dosing regimes that return IGF-1 concentrations into the normal range, without reaching values that risk cancer. DESIGN Pharmacokinetic intervention study. SETTING Tertiary paediatric gastroenterology unit. PARTICIPANTS 8 children (M:F; 4:4) entered the study. All completed: 5 South Asian British; 2 White British; 1 African British. INCLUSION CRITERIA Children over 10 years with active Crohn's disease (C reactive protein >10 mg/l or erythrocyte sedimentation rate >25 mm/h) and height velocity <-2 SD score. EXCLUSION CRITERIA closed epiphyses; corticosteroids within 3 months; neoplasia or known hypersensitivity to recombinant human IGF-1 (rhIGF-1). INTERVENTIONS Subcutaneous rhIGF-1 (120 μg/kg) per dose over two admissions: the first as a single dose and the second as twice daily doses over 5 days. PRIMARY OUTCOME Significant increase in circulating IGF-1. SECONDARY OUTCOMES Incidence of side effects of IGF-1. A mathematical model of circulating IGF-1 (Ac) was developed to include parameters of endogenous synthesis (Ksyn); exogenous uptake (Ka) from the subcutaneous dose (As): and IGF-1 clearance: where dAc/dt=Ksyn - Kout×Ac+Ka×As. RESULTS Subcutaneous IGF-1 increased concentrations, which were maintained on twice daily doses. In covariate analysis, disease activity reduced Ksyn (p<0.001). Optimal dosing was derived from least squares regression fitted to a dataset of 384 Crohn's patients, with model parameters assigned by simulation. CONCLUSIONS By using age, weight and disease activity scaling in IGF-1 dosing, over 95% of children will have normalised IGF-1 concentrations below +2.5 SDs of the normal population mean, a level not associated with cancer risk.
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- A Rao
- Centre for Digestive Diseases, Blizard Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary, University of London, London, England, UK
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Inflammatory bowel diseases [IBD; Crohn's disease (CD), ulcerative colitis (UC)] are chronic immunologically mediated diseases that are due to a dysregulated immune response to intestinal flora in a genetically susceptible host. Despite advances in genetics, the likelihood of occurrence of disease remains incompletely explained and there appears to be a strong role for the environment in mediating risk of disease. Smoking remains the most widely studied and replicated risk factor, contributing to increased risk and severity of CD while conferring protection against UC. Recent data has suggested novel risk factors. Lower plasma vitamin D is associated with an increased risk of Crohn's disease, and vitamin D supplementation may prevent relapse of disease. Several medications including oral contraceptives, post-menopausal hormone replacement, aspirin, NSAIDs, and antibiotics may increase risk of CD or UC with the mechanisms of effect remaining inadequately defined. There is continuing evidence that depression and psychosocial stress may play a role in the pathogenesis of both CD and UC, while at the same time also increasing risk for disease flares. There is also a growing understanding of the role of diet on IBD, in particular through its effect on the microbiome. Animal protein intake and n-6 fatty acids may increase risk of UC while n-3 fatty acids and dietary fiber may confer protection. The effect of diet on established disease remains poorly studied. There is need for routine measurement of a spectrum of environmental exposures in prospective studies to further our understanding.
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Hendriks WJAJ, Pulido R. Protein tyrosine phosphatase variants in human hereditary disorders and disease susceptibilities. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis 2013; 1832:1673-96. [PMID: 23707412 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2013.05.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2013] [Revised: 05/14/2013] [Accepted: 05/16/2013] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Reversible tyrosine phosphorylation of proteins is a key regulatory mechanism to steer normal development and physiological functioning of multicellular organisms. Phosphotyrosine dephosphorylation is exerted by members of the super-family of protein tyrosine phosphatase (PTP) enzymes and many play such essential roles that a wide variety of hereditary disorders and disease susceptibilities in man are caused by PTP alleles. More than two decades of PTP research has resulted in a collection of PTP genetic variants with corresponding consequences at the molecular, cellular and physiological level. Here we present a comprehensive overview of these PTP gene variants that have been linked to disease states in man. Although the findings have direct bearing for disease diagnostics and for research on disease etiology, more work is necessary to translate this into therapies that alleviate the burden of these hereditary disorders and disease susceptibilities in man.
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- Wiljan J A J Hendriks
- Department of Cell Biology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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The Novel Crohn's Disease Marker Anti-GP2 Antibody Is Associated with Ileocolonic Location of Disease. Gastroenterol Res Pract 2013; 2013:683824. [PMID: 23762038 PMCID: PMC3671301 DOI: 10.1155/2013/683824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2013] [Accepted: 03/19/2013] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Crohn's disease (CD) is an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) that can affect the whole gastrointestinal tract. The ileocolonic variant of CD, an inflammation of both the ileum and the large intestine, accounts for up to 50% of the cases with CD, whereas Crohn's ileitis affecting the ileum is diagnosed in about 30%. Crohn's colitis, which is confined to the large intestine and accounts for the remaining 20%, is difficult to distinguish from the large bowel inflammation seen in patients with ulcerative colitis (UC). The pathogenesis of CD is not yet completely understood. Autoimmunity is one factor that can partake in the triggering or modulation of inflammatory processes in IBD. The major zymogen-granule membrane glycoprotein 2 (GP2) has been recently identified as a major autoantigenic target in CD. Interestingly, GP2 is mainly expressed in the pancreas and has also been demonstrated to be a membrane-anchored receptor of microfold cells in the follicle-associated epithelium. Remarkably, GP2 is overexpressed at the site of CD inflammation in contrast to the one in UC. By utilizing novel enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays for the detection of GP2-specific IgA and IgG, the loss of tolerance to GP2 has been associated with a specific clinical phenotype in CD, in particular with the ileocolonic location of the disease.
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Bargagna-Mohan P, Deokule SP, Thompson K, Wizeman J, Srinivasan C, Vooturi S, Kompella UB, Mohan R. Withaferin A effectively targets soluble vimentin in the glaucoma filtration surgical model of fibrosis. PLoS One 2013; 8:e63881. [PMID: 23667686 PMCID: PMC3648549 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0063881] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2012] [Accepted: 04/09/2013] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Withaferin A (WFA) is a natural product that binds to soluble forms of the type III intermediate filament (IF) vimentin. Currently, it is unknown under what pathophysiological contexts vimentin is druggable, as cytoskeltal vimentin-IFs are abundantly expressed. To investigate druggability of vimentin, we exploited rabbit Tenon's capsule fibroblast (RbTCF) cell cultures and the rabbit glaucoma filtration surgical (GFS) model of fibrosis. WFA potently caused G₀/G₁ cell cycle inhibition (IC₅₀ 25 nM) in RbTCFs, downregulating ubiquitin E3 ligase skp2 and inducing p27(Kip1) expression. Transforming growth factor (TGF)-ß-induced myofibroblast transformation caused development of cell spheroids with numerous elongated invadopodia, which WFA blocked potently by downregulating soluble vimentin and α-smooth muscle actin (SMA) expression. In the pilot proof-of-concept study using the GFS model, subconjunctival injections of a low WFA dose reduced skp2 expression in Tenon's capsule and increased p27(Kip1) expression without significant alteration to vimentin-IFs. This treatment maintains significant nanomolar WFA concentrations in anterior segment tissues that correspond to WFA's cell cycle targeting activity. A ten-fold higher WFA dose caused potent downregulation of soluble vimentin and skp2 expression, but as found in cell cultures, no further increase in p27(Kip1) expression was observed. Instead, this high WFA dose potently induced vimentin-IF disruption and downregulated α-SMA expression that mimicked WFA activity in TGF-ß-treated RbTCFs that blocked cell contractile activity at submicromolar concentrations. These findings illuminate that localized WFA injection to ocular tissues exerts pharmacological control over the skp2-p27(Kip1) pathway by targeting of soluble vimentin in a model of surgical fibrosis.
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- Paola Bargagna-Mohan
- Neuroscience, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America
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- Ophthalmology and Visual Science, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America
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- Ophthalmology and Visual Science, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America
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- Neuroscience, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America
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- Statistics, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America
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- Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America
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- Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America
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- Neuroscience, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America
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Rhodes G, Henrys P, Thomson BC, Pickup RW. Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis is widely distributed in British soils and waters: implications for animal and human health. Environ Microbiol 2013; 15:2761-74. [PMID: 23648004 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2012] [Accepted: 03/24/2013] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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In the first comprehensive geographical survey of distribution in Great Britain, Mycobacterium avium ssp. paratuberculosis (MAP) was detected in 115 of 1092 (10.5%) soil cores, in the range of 5 × 10(2) to 3 × 10(6) MAP cell equivalents (CE) g(-1) wet weight soil with the majority of the positive PCR reactions (n = 75; 65%) occurring around the limit of detection (500-5000 CE g(-1) wet weight soil). The distribution of MAP significantly increased from North to South and was significantly correlated with increasing cattle numbers over the same longitudinal axis. Similarly MAP occurrence significantly increased towards easterly latitudes although none of the parameters measured were associated. Comparisons of land use indicated that MAP was widely distributed in both farming and non-farming areas. Soil core samples taken from the rivers Wyre and Douglas catchments (Lancashire, UK) and river Tywi (South Wales) were negative for MAP. However, river monitoring showed a consistent presence of MAPs throughout those catchments over a 6-month period. We concluded that MAP is widely distributed within and outside the confines of the farming environment; its geographical distribution is wider than originally anticipated and; monitoring rivers describes the MAP status of catchment better than individual soil samples.
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- Glenn Rhodes
- Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster, LA1 4AP, UK
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Verdier J, Deroche L, Allez M, Loy C, Biet F, Bodier CC, Bay S, Ganneau C, Matysiak-Budnik T, Reyrat JM, Heyman M, Cerf-Bensussan N, Ruemmele FM, Ménard S. Specific IgG response against Mycobacterium avium paratuberculosis in children and adults with Crohn's disease. PLoS One 2013; 8:e62780. [PMID: 23658774 PMCID: PMC3642204 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0062780] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2012] [Accepted: 03/25/2013] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Presence of serum antibodies against Mycobacterium avium paratuberculosis (MAP) in Crohn's Disease (CD) as a disease characteristic remains controversial. In the present work, we assessed antibody reactivity of serum and intestinal fluid against four distinct MAP-antigens, including the recently identified MAP-specific lipopentapeptide (L5P). METHODS Immunoglobulin concentrations and specificity against 3 non MAP-specific antigens: glycosyl-transferase-d (GSD), purified protein derivative from MAP (Johnin-PPD), heparin binding haemagglutinin (MAP-HBHA) and one MAP-specific antigen: synthetic L5P were determined by ELISA in gut lavage fluids from adult controls or patients with CD, and in sera of children or adult controls or patients with CD, ulcerative colitis or celiac disease. RESULTS Total IgA and IgG concentrations were increased in sera of children with CD but were decreased in sera of adults with CD, thereof specificity against MAP antigens was assessed by normalizing immunoglobulin concentrations between samples. In CD patients, IgG reactivity was increased against the four MAP antigens, including L5P in gut lavage fluids but it was only increased against L5P in sera. By contrast, anti-L5P IgG were not increased in patients with ulcerative colitis or celiac disease. CONCLUSIONS A significant increase in anti-L5P IgG is observed in sera of children and adults with CD but not in patients with other intestinal inflammatory diseases. Anti-L5P antibodies may serve as serological marker for CD.
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- Julien Verdier
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), UMR989, Paris, France
- Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), UMR989, Paris, France
- Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, France
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hôpital Saint-Louis, APHP, Paris, France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), UMR989, Paris, France
- Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, France
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- UMR ISP 1282, Infectiologie et Santé Publique,INRA centre de Tours, Nouzilly, France
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- UMR ISP 1282, Infectiologie et Santé Publique,INRA centre de Tours, Nouzilly, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Unité de Chimie des Biomolécules, Département de Biologie Structurale et Chimie, Paris, France
- CNRS UMR 3523, Paris, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Unité de Chimie des Biomolécules, Département de Biologie Structurale et Chimie, Paris, France
- CNRS UMR 3523, Paris, France
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- Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, France
- INSERM-UMR 570, unité de Pathogénie des Infections Systémiques, Groupe Avenir, Paris, France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), UMR989, Paris, France
- Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), UMR989, Paris, France
- Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), UMR989, Paris, France
- Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, France
- APHP, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Service de Gastroenterology, Paris, France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), UMR989, Paris, France
- Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, France
- Neuro-Gastroenterology and Nutrition Unit, Toxalim Research Center, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Toulouse, France
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Haplotype-tagging analysis of common variants of the IL23R gene demonstrates gene-wide extent of association with IBD. Inflamm Bowel Dis 2013; 19:E79-80. [PMID: 23535247 DOI: 10.1097/mib.0b013e318280e790] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/09/2022]
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