Nature Communications (Oct 2017)

CCDC88B is required for pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease

  • Nassima Fodil,
  • Neda Moradin,
  • Vicki Leung,
  • Jean-Frederic Olivier,
  • Irena Radovanovic,
  • Thiviya Jeyakumar,
  • Manuel Flores Molina,
  • Ashley McFarquhar,
  • Romain Cayrol,
  • Dominique Bozec,
  • Naglaa H. Shoukry,
  • Michiaki Kubo,
  • Julia Dimitrieva,
  • Edouard Louis,
  • Emilie Theatre,
  • Stephanie Dahan,
  • Yukihide Momozawa,
  • Michel Georges,
  • Garabet Yeretssian,
  • Philippe Gros

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01381-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Hook-related protein family member CCDC88b is encoded by a locus that has been associated with inflammatory bowel disease. Here the authors show that Ccdc88b inactivation in T cells prevents colitis in a transfer model, and detect high colonic levels of CCDC88b in patients with Crohn disease or ulcerative colitis, identifying that expression correlates with disease risk.