IL23R and inflammatory bowel disease: For example, different variants in IL23R, that interfere with IL23 signaling, have protective effects not only in BD but also for ankylosing spondylitis (AS), psoriasis, and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) (Rueda et al., 2008; Momozawa et al., 2011; Kirino et al., 2013b; Tang et al., 2014).