Cure8 research brief
Genetic factors play a key role in some IBD cases and could help match patients to targeted treatments. Current genetic tests can miss important causes, so broader or different testing approaches may be needed to find treatable genetic contributors.
Clinicians caring for IBD patients (adult and pediatric), geneticists and immunologists, researchers in IBD genetics and microbiome, and patients or families with early-onset, atypical, or treatment-refractory IBD.
This article abstract reviews the genetic architecture of IBD (monogenic, oligogenic, polygenic), discusses limitations of standard genetic screening (including mosaicism and regulatory variants), and argues for immunogenetic pathway–based classification to guide precision therapeutics.
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This classification is based on the article abstract; it is not a full-text review. The authors emphasize that negative genetic screens do not rule out genetic causes because newer mechanisms (mosaicism, regulatory variants) may be undetected by routine tests. Implementing pathway-based genetic evaluation may require specialized testing and interpretation.
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