Banerjee, S; Oneda, B; Yap, L M; Jewell, D P; Matters, G L; Fitzpatrick, L R; Seibold, F; Sterchi, E E; Ahmad, T; Lottaz, D; Bond, J S (2009). MEP1A allele for meprin A metalloprotease is a susceptibility gene for inflammatory bowel disease. Mucosal immunology, 2(3), pp. 220-31. New York, N.Y.: Nature Publishing Group 10.1038/mi.2009.3
Full text not available from this repository. (Request a copy)The MEP1A gene, located on human chromosome 6p (mouse chromosome 17) in a susceptibility region for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), encodes the alpha-subunit of metalloproteinase meprin A, which is expressed in the intestinal epithelium. This study shows a genetic association of MEP1A with IBD in a cohort of ulcerative colitis (UC) patients. There were four single-nucleotide polymorphisms in the coding region (P=0.0012-0.04), and one in the 3'-untranslated region (P=2 x 10(-7)) that displayed associations with UC. Moreover, meprin-alpha mRNA was decreased in inflamed mucosa of IBD patients. Meprin-alpha knockout mice exhibited a more severe intestinal injury and inflammation than their wild-type counterparts following oral administration of dextran sulfate sodium. Collectively, the data implicate MEP1A as a UC susceptibility gene and indicate that decreased meprin-alpha expression is associated with intestinal inflammation in IBD patients and in a mouse experimental model of IBD.
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Gastro-intestinal, Liver and Lung Disorders (DMLL) > Clinic of Visceral Surgery and Medicine > Gastroenterology 04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine 04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Dermatology, Urology, Rheumatology, Nephrology, Osteoporosis (DURN) > Clinic of Rheumatology, Clinical Immunology and Allergology |
UniBE Contributor: |
Seibold, Frank Werner, Sterchi, Erwin-Ernst, Lottaz, Daniel |
ISSN: |
1933-0219 |
Publisher: |
Nature Publishing Group |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Factscience Import |
Date Deposited: |
04 Oct 2013 15:10 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 14:21 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1038/mi.2009.3 |
PubMed ID: |
19262505 |
Web of Science ID: |
000265245600005 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/30956 (FactScience: 195332) |
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