From SNPedia
rs1800972(G;G) homozygotes appeared be at less risk (by a factor of 3.3, p=0.01) for
Crohn's disease, based on a study of 190 Caucasians.[
PMID 17943629]
[PMID 18938660] C-44G rs1800972(G;G) Protective Crohn's disease
[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
[PMID 19712472] Association of a genetic polymorphism (-44 C/G SNP) in the human DEFB1 gene with expression and inducibility of multiple beta-defensins in gingival keratinocytes