Grant Publications

Proposal No.  IBD-0003R
Principal Investigator:  Geoffrey W. Krissansen, Ph.D.
Applicant Organization:  University of Auckland (New Zealand)
Project Title:  Pattern recognition receptors as potential susceptibility loci for Crohn's disease 
Period of Award:  November 1, 2002 – March 31, 2005

Leung E, Hong J, Fraser AG, Merriman TR, Vishnu P, Abbott WGH, Krissansen GW.  Polymorphisms of CARD15/NOD2 and CD14 genes in New Zealand Crohn's disease patients.  Immunology and Cell Biology 2005;83:498-503.

Leung E, Hong J, Fraser AG, Merriman TR, Vishnu P, Krissansen GW.  Polymorphisms in the organic cation transporter genes SLC22A4 and SLC22A5 and Crohn's disease in a New Zealand Caucasian cohort.  Immunology and Cell Biology 2006;84:233-236.

Leung E, Hong J, Fraser AG, Krissansen GW.  Splicing of NOD2 (CARD15) RNA transcripts.  Molecular Immunology 2007;44:284-94.

Leung E, Hong J, Fraser AG, Merriman TR, Vishnu P, Krissansen GW.  Polymorphisms in the NFKBIA and ICAM-1 genes in New Zealand Crohn's disease patients.  Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology 2007;221:166-70.

Leung E, Hong J, Fraser AG, Merriman TR, Vishnu P, Krissansen GW.  TLR2, TLR4 and TLR9 polymorphisms and Crohn's disease in a New Zealand Caucasian cohort.  Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology 2007;22:1760-6.

Hong J, Leung E, Krissansen GW.  Nucleic acid from salivary cells for non-invasive genotyping of Crohn's disease patients.  Genetic Testing 2008;12:587-9.