Metallothionein genes: no association with Crohn's disease in a New Zealand population

Morgan, Angharad R., Fraser, Alan G. and Ferguson, Lynnette R. (2012) Metallothionein genes: no association with Crohn's disease in a New Zealand population. Journal of Negative Results in BioMedicine, 11. ISSN 1477-5751

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Abstract

Metallothioneins (MTs) are excellent candidate genes for Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) and have previously been shown to have altered expression in both animal and human studies of IBD. This is the first study to examine genetic variants within the MT genes and aims to determine whether such genetic variants have an important role in this disease. 28 tag SNPs in genes MT1 (subtypes A, B, E, F, G, H, M, X), MT2, MT3 and MT4 were selected for genotyping in a well-characterized New Zealand dataset consisting of 406 patients with Crohn's Disease and 638 controls. We did not find any evidence of association for MT genetic variation with CD. The lack of association indicates that genetic variants in the MT genes do not play a significant role in predisposing to CD in the New Zealand population.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School
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Date Deposited:	03 Oct 2012 11:45
Last Modified:	23 Oct 2022 00:22
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/39763
DOI:	10.1186/1477-5751-11-8

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