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Tag Archives: Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Is Medicine or Surgery the Best Treatment for Crohn’s Disease?
For patients with Crohn’s disease and intra-abdominal abscesses, nonsurgical and surgical management strategies result in similar rates of abscess recurrence and complications, according to the April issue of Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. Crohn’s disease can progress from inflammation and ulceration … Continue reading
Posted in GI Tract, Technology
Tagged anti-TNF agent, Colon, drug, IBD, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, intestine, Management, therapy, tumor necrosis factor, ulcer
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Can Patients With Crohn’s Disease Ever Stop Taking Infliximab?
Half of patients with Crohn’s disease treated with infliximab experience a relapse within the first year after they stop taking the drug, according to a study published in the January issue of Gastroenterology. Drugs such as infliximab inhibit the inflammatory … Continue reading
Does Mucosal Healing Determine Which Patients Will Recover From Ulcerative Colitis?
Lack of mucosal healing, based on endoscopic analysis, identifies patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) who are not likely to respond to corticosteroid therapy, according to Sandro Ardizzone et al. in the June issue of Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. In a … Continue reading
IBD Guardian
Researchers have identified a molecule that protects colon cells from injury in a mouse model of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The study, published by Beth McConnell et al. in the February issue of Gastroenterology, reports that Klf5 controls genes that … Continue reading
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Tagged Animal Model, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Inflammatory Response, Mouse
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Eating Away at Crohn’s Disease
Genetic features of many patients with Crohn’s disease affect the ability of their intestinal cells to undergo autophagy—a form of self-digestion that allows them to fight pathogenic bacteria, according to a study by Craig Homer et al. in the November … Continue reading
