Sequence variants in ARHGAP15 , COLQ and FAM155A associate with diverticular disease and diverticulitis

A hallmark of diverticular disease is pouches in the bowel wall which can become infected and inflamed, causing the more severe diverticulitis. Here, the authors report the first genome-wide association study on these interconnected conditions and identify ARHGAP15, COLQ and FAM155A as novel risk loci.