2015
Enrichment of inflammatory bowel disease and colorectal cancer risk variants in colon expression quantitative trait loci
Hulur I, Gamazon ER, Skol AD, Xicola RM, Llor X, Onel K, Ellis NA, Kupfer SS. Enrichment of inflammatory bowel disease and colorectal cancer risk variants in colon expression quantitative trait loci. BMC Genomics 2015, 16: 138. PMID: 25766683, PMCID: PMC4351699, DOI: 10.1186/s12864-015-1292-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInflammatory bowel diseaseColorectal cancerBowel diseaseSingle nucleotide polymorphismsBody mass indexType 2 diabetesHealthy African AmericansColorectal cancer risk variantsMass indexTarget genesColonic diseaseColonic samplesDiseaseNovel target geneBackgroundGenome-wide association studiesHuman colonDifferent ethnic groupsRisk variantsAfrican AmericansColonFalse discovery rateGenetic variantsNucleotide polymorphismsBiological differencesFunctional role
2013
Identification of Novel Predictor Classifiers for Inflammatory Bowel Disease by Gene Expression Profiling
Montero-Meléndez T, Llor X, García-Planella E, Perretti M, Suárez A. Identification of Novel Predictor Classifiers for Inflammatory Bowel Disease by Gene Expression Profiling. PLOS ONE 2013, 8: e76235. PMID: 24155895, PMCID: PMC3796518, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0076235.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInflammatory bowel diseaseIBD patientsBowel diseaseGene expression profilingGlucocorticoid receptor degradationDegree of inflammationIntestinal inflammationPatients' qualityPinch biopsiesDifferential diagnosisImmune responseEffective treatmentSide effectsClinical practiceExpression profilingNew biomarkersMicroarray gene expression profilingPersonalized approachPatientsPersonalized therapyCurrent markersTranscriptional signatureInter-individual differencesGene expression profilesInflammation