Genetic variants involved in innate immunity modulate the risk of inflammatory bowel diseases in an understudied Malaysian population

• Main Authors: Luu, Laurence Don Wai, Popple, Georgia, Tsang, Samuel Pok Wei, Vinasco, Karla, Hilmi, Ida, Ng, Ruey Terng, Chew, Kee Seang, Wong, Shin Yee, Riordan, Stephen, Lee, Way Seah, Mitchell, Hazel M., Kaakoush, Nadeem O., Castano-Rodriguez, Natalia
• Format: Article
• Published: Wiley 2022
• Subjects: R Medicine (General); RC Internal medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/33639/

Background and Aim Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) are chronic gastrointestinal inflammatory conditions comprising two major subtypes: Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC). The incidence of IBD is increasing in Asian countries including Malaysia. The aim of this study was to deter...