Molecular Genetics of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (Hardcover, 2013 ed.)

Research in Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC), together known as the inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), has truly seen a revolution in the last 5-10 years. This book examines how these genetic discoveries have led to the identification of biological functions not previously associated with IBD pathophysiology (e.g. autophagy), how multiple genetic risk factors for IBD converge on given biological functions and that together the identified variants in these genes have predisposing and protective roles (e.g. the multiple variants in the receptor for the IL23 cytokine and its signaling cascade), and how having such a large number of known genetic risk factors has changed our understanding not only about the genetic and molecular overlap between CD and UC, but also between these diseases and other chronic inflammatory diseases (e.g. psoriasis, multiple sclerosis, type 1 diabetes and many others).

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag New York
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 2013
First published:	2013
Editors:	Mauro D'Amato • John D. Rioux
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	343
Edition:	2013 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-1-4614-8255-0
Categories:	Books > Medicine > Pre-clinical medicine: basic sciences > Medical genetics Books > Medicine > Clinical & internal medicine > Gastroenterology Promotions > Red Tag Sale > Books
LSN:	1-4614-8255-0
Barcode:	9781461482550

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