Rs11362

From SNPedia

Heterozygotes for SNP rs11362, located in the DEFB1 gene, are reported to be at increased risk for colonic Crohn's disease - but not the ileal or ileocolonic forms of the disease - based on a study of 190 Caucasians. The odds ratio is 2.393 (CI: 1.18-4.87, p=0.02).[PMID 17943629]

[PMID 18938660] G-20A rs11362(A;G) 2.4x risk colonic and ileocolonic Crohn's disease but no association was detected for the ileal localization

[PMID 19460328] SNP 668C (-44) alters a NF-kappaB1 putative binding site in non-coding strand of human beta-defensin 1 (DEFB1) and is associated with lepromatous leprosy