COLLAGENOUS COLITIS IS ASSOCIATED WITH HLA SIGNATURE AND SHARES GENETIC RISKS WITH OTHER IMMUNE-MEDIATED DISEASES

Collagenous colitis (CC) is an inflammatory bowel disorder with unknown etiopatogenesis involving human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-related immune-mediated responses, environmental and genetic risk factors. We carried out an array-based genetic association study in a cohort of CC patients and investigated the common genetic basis between CC and Crohn’s disease (CD), ulcerative colitis (UC) and celiac disease.

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