Fucosyltransferase 2 (FUT2) non-secretor status is associated with Crohn's disease.

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Published in Hum Mol Genet on June 22, 2010

Authors

Dermot P B McGovern1, Michelle R Jones, Kent D Taylor, Kristin Marciante, Xiaofei Yan, Marla Dubinsky, Andy Ippoliti, Eric Vasiliauskas, Dror Berel, Carrie Derkowski, Deb Dutridge, Phil Fleshner, David Q Shih, Gil Melmed, Emebet Mengesha, Lily King, Sheila Pressman, Talin Haritunians, Xiuqing Guo, Stephan R Targan, Jerome I Rotter, International IBD Genetics Consortium

Author Affiliations

1: Inflammatory Bowel and Immunobiology Research Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA. mcgovernd@cshs.org

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