Abstract:Background
To date, the cause of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) remains a mystery. A balance between cell proliferation and apoptosis maintains intestinal tissue homeostasis. Dissociation-induced myosin-actin contraction results in stem cell apoptosis. This study aiming to evaluate the influence of the myosin heavy chain 9 (MYH9) gene single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) on inflammatory bowel disease.
Subjects and methods:
The study carried on eighty patients with IBD and seventy controls. All participants… Show more
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