The presence of genetic risk variants within PTPN2 and PTPN22 is associated with intestinal microbiota alterations in Swiss IBD cohort patients.

BACKGROUND:Genetic risk factors, intestinal microbiota and a dysregulated immune system contribute to the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). We have previously demonstrated that dysfunction of protein tyrosine phosphatase non-receptor type 2 (PTPN2) and PTPN22 contributes to alteratio...

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Main Authors: Bahtiyar Yilmaz, Marianne R Spalinger, Luc Biedermann, Yannick Franc, Nicolas Fournier, Jean-Benoit Rossel, Pascal Juillerat, Gerhard Rogler, Andrew J Macpherson, Michael Scharl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6028086?pdf=render