Whole Genome Gene Expression Meta-Analysis of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Colon Mucosa Demonstrates Lack of Major Differences between Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis

• Atle van Beelen Granlund ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Atle van Beelen Granlund, Arnar Flatberg

  Affiliations Centre of Molecular Inflammation Research, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway, Department of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

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• Arnar Flatberg ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Atle van Beelen Granlund, Arnar Flatberg

  Affiliation Centre of Molecular Inflammation Research, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

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• Ann E. Østvik,

  Affiliations Centre of Molecular Inflammation Research, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway, Department of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, St. Olav’s University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway

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• Ignat Drozdov,

  Affiliation Bering Limited, Richmond, United Kingdom

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• Bjørn I. Gustafsson,

  Affiliations Department of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, St. Olav’s University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway

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• Mark Kidd,

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, Section of Gastroenterology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

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• Vidar Beisvag,

  Affiliation Department of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

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• Sverre H. Torp,

  Affiliations Department of Laboratory Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway, Department of Pathology, St. Olav’s University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway

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• Helge L. Waldum,

  Affiliations Department of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, St. Olav’s University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway

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• Tom Christian Martinsen,

  Affiliations Department of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, St. Olav’s University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway

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• Jan Kristian Damås,

  Affiliations Department of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway, Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Olav’s University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway

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• Terje Espevik,

  Affiliations Centre of Molecular Inflammation Research, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway, Department of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

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• Arne K. Sandvik

  * E-mail: arne.sandvik@ntnu.no

  Affiliations Centre of Molecular Inflammation Research, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway, Department of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, St. Olav’s University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway

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