摘要 |
The invention provides methods for evaluating irritable bowel disease (IBD), including Crohn Disease and Ulcerative Colitis, methods for determining a patient's susceptibility to developing an IBD, and methods for determining a patient's IBD genotype. The invention includes methods, polynucleotides, polypeptides, and antibodies relating to disclosed variants of, and polymorphisms in, the nel-like 1 precursor (NELL1), as well as the 5p13.1 locus, and other genes disclosed herein to be associated with IBD. Thus, the invention provides diagnostic and/or therapeutic targets for IBD, as well as diagnostic and therapeutic agents for IBD. |
申请人 |
GENIZON BIOSCIENCES INC;SCHREIBER, STEFAN;ROSENSTIEL, PHILIP;RUTHER, ANDREAS;FRANKE, ANDRE;RAELSON, JOHN;LITTLE, RANDALL D.;KEITH, TIM;FOURNIER, HELENE |
发明人 |
SCHREIBER, STEFAN;ROSENSTIEL, PHILIP;RUTHER, ANDREAS;FRANKE, ANDRE;RAELSON, JOHN;LITTLE, RANDALL D.;KEITH, TIM;FOURNIER, HELENE |