Expressing the differences between Crohn disease and ulcerative colitis

Cisca Wijmenga

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0020230

Expressing the differences between Crohn disease and ulcerative colitis

PLoS Med. 2005 Aug;2(8):e230; quiz e304. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020230. Epub 2005 Aug 30.

Author

Cisca Wijmenga¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Biomedical Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands. t.n.wijmenga@med.uu.nl

Abstract

Wijmenga discusses the implications of a study that used a comprehensive gene expression approach to find new genes and pathways relevant to the pathophysiology of inflammatory bowel disease.

Publication types

Comment
Comparative Study

MeSH terms

Colitis, Ulcerative / genetics*
Colitis, Ulcerative / metabolism
Colitis, Ulcerative / pathology
Crohn Disease / genetics*
Crohn Disease / metabolism
Crohn Disease / pathology
Gene Expression Profiling
Gene Expression Regulation
Humans
Intestinal Mucosa / metabolism
Intestinal Mucosa / pathology
Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis