Published in:
Open Access
01-11-2010 | Poster presentation
Differential association of two PTPN22 coding variants with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis
Authors:
L M Diaz-Gallo, L Espino-Paisán, K Fransen, M Gómez-García, S van Sommeren, C Cardeña, L Rodrigo, J L Mendoza, C Taxonera, A Nieto, G Alcain, I Cueto, M A López-Nevot, N Bottini, M L Barclay, J B Crusius, A A van Bodegraven, C Wijmenga, C Y Ponsioen, R B Gearry, R L Roberts, R K Weersma, E Urcelay, T R Merriman, B Z Alizadeh, J Martin
Published in:
Journal of Translational Medicine
|
Special Issue 1/2010
Login to get access
Excerpt
The
PTPN22 gene is an important risk factor for human autoimmunity. Two
PTPN22 missense-SNPs, both with functional influence, the R620W (1858C>T, rs2476601) in exon 14 and the R263Q (788G>A, rs33996649) in exon 10 have been associated with autoimmune diseases [
1‐
4]. …