Author Archives: Gastroenterology Journal

Predicting Crohn’s disease (CD) phenotype development has proven challenging due to difficulties in biopsy image interpretation of histologically similar yet biologically distinct phenotypes. At initial diagnosis, mostly CD patients are classified as B… Continue reading →

Neutrophils are short-lived immune cells that represent the major cell type recruited to the inflamed bowel releasing their azurophilic granules containing enzymes myeloperoxidase (MPO). Fecal and serum MPO levels has previously been shown to correlate… Continue reading →

Crohn’s disease (CD) is an idiopathic inflammatory bowel disease of the gastrointestinal tract. It is more common in the developed and industrialized countries, particularly in the Western Europe and North America. Up to 20–30% of patients present firs… Continue reading →

The number of older adults with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) is increasing. Older adults with IBD are less likely to receive effective immunosuppression. We aimed to determine efficacy and safety of biologic therapies in older adults with IBD. Continue reading →

Ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn’s disease (CD) are idiopathic inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) with no unique, gold standard diagnostic test. UC and Crohn’s colitis are in approximately 10% of cases impossible to be distinguished. The term IBD type … Continue reading →

Emerging evidence has demonstrated that protein misfolding in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), i.e., ER stress, plays fundamental roles in IBD development in humans. Patients with active Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis exhibit signs of ER stress … Continue reading →

Despite significant evidence that the expression of several microRNA’s (miRNA) impacts on disease activity in patients with ulcerative colitis (UC), it remains unknown if the more severe disease phenotype seen in pediatric-onset UC can be explained by … Continue reading →

Crohn’s Disease (CD) is an Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) whose etiology has been suspected to include bacterial antigens. A treatment option, therefore, would be the usage of antibiotics. To that end, the purpose of this study was to perform a meta-… Continue reading →

Crohn’s disease is classified as chronic inflammatory bowel disease. The incidence in Europe ranges from 1 to almost 11.4 per 100,000 population per year. Ultrasound examination plays an important role in imaging diagnostics of inflammatory bowel lesio… Continue reading →

Issues with patient recruitment and enrolment are the primary barriers for missed clinical trial timelines; 8 out of 10 clinical trials are delayed or unable to be completed because of the lack of timely patient recruitment. Current patient recruitment… Continue reading →