10 EPIGENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY IDENTIFIED SHARED METHYLOMIC CONTRIBUTIONS TO SUSCEPTIBILITY AND PROGRESSION IN PEDIATRIC CROHN’S DISEASE

Most Crohn’s Disease (CD) patients present with an inflammatory phenotype (B1), however, a subgroup rapidly progress to complicated disease behaviours such as stricturing (B2). Recent evidence suggests the involvement of gene-environmental interactions in CD. Epigenetic processes play a key role in mediating environmental influences. Therefore, we set out to examine the role of DNA methylation as a contributor to CD susceptibility and progression.

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