Epigenetic enzyme found to be lacking in some patients with Crohn's disease
Saturday, March 4, 2017 - 09:31
in Health & Medicine
A research team has found how a variant in an important epigenetic enzyme -- previously associated by population-based genetic studies with Crohn's disease and other immune disorders -- interferes with the action of the innate immune system, potentially upsetting the healthy balance between the microbial population of the gastrointestinal tract and the immune response.