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P1.050. Esophageal Ulceration in Suspected Gastrointestinal Behçet Disease: A Diagnostic Challenge
Diseases of the Esophagus

P1.050. Esophageal Ulceration in Suspected Gastrointestinal Behçet Disease: A Diagnostic Challenge

Unexplained mid‑esophageal ulcers with recurrent oral ulcers can reflect rare systemic inflammatory diseases such as gastrointestinal Behçet disease, and they often need broad testing to exclude infections, malignancy,...

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Clinical and endoscopic features of checkpoint inhibitor-induced colitis and their association with selective immunosuppressive therapy use.
Inflammatory bowel diseases

Clinical and endoscopic features of checkpoint inhibitor-induced colitis and their association with selective immunosuppressive therapy use.

People receiving immune checkpoint inhibitors who develop colitis may face different risks of needing stronger immunosuppression depending on the ICI drug class. Understanding which features predict escalation could...

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GLP-1 receptor agonist therapy is associated with increased symptomatic remission in ulcerative colitis: a matched cohort study.
Inflammatory bowel diseases

GLP-1 receptor agonist therapy is associated with increased symptomatic remission in ulcerative colitis: a matched cohort study.

This study suggests commonly used GLP-1 receptor agonists (semaglutide, liraglutide) were associated with higher symptomatic and endoscopic remission in ulcerative colitis compared with matched controls. If validated,...

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Inflammatory bowel disease treatment: Mechanisms to clinical translation (Review).
International journal of molecular medicine

Inflammatory bowel disease treatment: Mechanisms to clinical translation (Review).

The article reviews current and emerging IBD treatments and the biological reasons they may work — useful for patients wanting to understand treatment options and future directions. It highlights therapies beyond...

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Early‐life adverse events and risk of inflammatory bowel disease: A Scandinavian birth cohort study
Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Early‐life adverse events and risk of inflammatory bowel disease: A Scandinavian birth cohort study

Parents and clinicians may wonder whether stressful events in early life increase a child’s long-term IBD risk. This large prospective study found no evidence that the measured early maternal or family adverse events...

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3 Self-Propelling WONanomotors Restore the Gut-Kidney Axis by Modulating Intestinal Homeostasis in Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
Advanced healthcare materials

3 Self-Propelling WONanomotors Restore the Gut-Kidney Axis by Modulating Intestinal Homeostasis in Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

This study describes a novel nanoparticle "nanomachine" approach aimed at fixing gut microbial and barrier dysfunction in IBD models and, by doing so, reducing secondary kidney injury—an intersection (gut–kidney axis)...

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Endoscopic Activity Prediction in Ulcerative Colitis Using Hemogram-Derived Inflammatory Indices: Impact of Azathioprine Use on Diagnostic Performance
Journal of Clinical Medicine

Endoscopic Activity Prediction in Ulcerative Colitis Using Hemogram-Derived Inflammatory Indices: Impact of Azathioprine Use on Diagnostic Performance

Noninvasive blood indices are appealing because they’re easier than colonoscopy. This study tests whether two such indices (SII and HALP) reliably reflect endoscopic activity in ulcerative colitis and whether...

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Idiopathic Acute Pancreatitis in Paediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Clinical Features and Outcomes in a Retrospective Single-Centre Study.
Journal of paediatrics and child health

Idiopathic Acute Pancreatitis in Paediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Clinical Features and Outcomes in a Retrospective Single-Centre Study.

Children with IBD can develop idiopathic acute pancreatitis that is often mild but may recur; knowing this helps families and clinicians monitor and manage pancreatic symptoms during active disease and after surgery.

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Celastrol ameliorates ulcerative colitis by inhibiting HSP90-mediated necroptosis of intestinal epithelial cells
Frontiers in Pharmacology

Celastrol ameliorates ulcerative colitis by inhibiting HSP90-mediated necroptosis of intestinal epithelial cells

The study suggests a new mechanism—blocking HSP90-mediated necroptosis of intestinal epithelial cells—that may reduce inflammation and tissue damage in ulcerative colitis, which could guide early drug-discovery efforts.

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Gut microbiota-derived metabolites target C5AR1/KDM2A/HCAR3 axis in inflammatory bowel disease: a multi-machine learning algorithms and molecular docking study
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Gut microbiota-derived metabolites target C5AR1/KDM2A/HCAR3 axis in inflammatory bowel disease: a multi-machine learning algorithms and molecular docking study

The study proposes new biomarker candidates (C5AR1, KDM2A, HCAR3) and microbiota-derived metabolites that might interact with those targets. If validated, that could guide future diagnostic tests or microbiome-targeted...

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Basal plasmacytosis and eosinophilia for distinguishing inflammatory bowel disease from gastrointestinal tuberculosis on mucosal biopsy.
Journal of clinical pathology

Basal plasmacytosis and eosinophilia for distinguishing inflammatory bowel disease from gastrointestinal tuberculosis on mucosal biopsy.

Distinguishing IBD from gastrointestinal tuberculosis is challenging in regions where GITB is common; histologic markers like basal plasmacytosis and eosinophilia on mucosal biopsy could help guide diagnosis when...

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Evaluation of the immunomodulatory effects of novel phosphinic acid derivatives in vitro and in a murine colitis model.
Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie

Evaluation of the immunomodulatory effects of novel phosphinic acid derivatives in vitro and in a murine colitis model.

Researchers are exploring new small molecules that might modulate T cells in IBD. This study found lab evidence of T‑cell inhibition for several compounds but no therapeutic benefit in a mouse colitis model, so these...

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An inflammatory bowel disease-linked lncRNA suppresses transcription factor T-BET expression in T cells to limit intestinal inflammation.
Immunity

An inflammatory bowel disease-linked lncRNA suppresses transcription factor T-BET expression in T cells to limit intestinal inflammation.

People with IBD may care because this study connects a genetic risk region to a molecular mechanism that restrains inflammation in T cells, offering a potential new biological clue about disease causes and future...

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Association between Ulcerative Colitis, mental health, and Quality of Life in a Pakistani cohort: A cross-sectional analysis
PLOS One

Association between Ulcerative Colitis, mental health, and Quality of Life in a Pakistani cohort: A cross-sectional analysis

The study links worse UC activity with higher rates of anxiety and depression and with poorer quality of life among patients in Pakistan, suggesting mental-health screening could be relevant to overall disease...

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Association of the ITGA4 rs1143674 polymorphism with subclinical atherosclerosis in patients with ulcerative colitis over 40 years of age
Almanac of Clinical Medicine

Association of the ITGA4 rs1143674 polymorphism with subclinical atherosclerosis in patients with ulcerative colitis over 40 years of age

People with UC face higher cardiovascular risk; this study links a specific ITGA4 genetic variant (rs1143674 CC) with subclinical atherosclerosis in UC patients over 40, which could help identify higher-risk individuals...

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Seasonality analysis of inflammatory bowel disease exacerbations requiring hospitalization: a single-center, retrospective study from Poland.
Polish archives of internal medicine

Seasonality analysis of inflammatory bowel disease exacerbations requiring hospitalization: a single-center, retrospective study from Poland.

Based on the title and source metadata, this appears to be a clinical study related to Inflammatory bowel disease and Symptoms and flares. The original article is from Polish archives of internal medicine.

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Blocking the m6Am methyltransferase PCIF1 in macrophages attenuates colitis progression by preventing neuronal damage.
Cellular & molecular immunology

Blocking the m6Am methyltransferase PCIF1 in macrophages attenuates colitis progression by preventing neuronal damage.

These results highlight a new cellular mechanism (macrophage-driven ECM changes) that may protect enteric neurons during intestinal inflammation — a process linked to symptoms and complications in IBD.

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AUF1-Engineered Intestinal Organoids Enhance Epithelial Barrier Repair and Mucosal Regeneration in Experimental Colitis
openRxiv

AUF1-Engineered Intestinal Organoids Enhance Epithelial Barrier Repair and Mucosal Regeneration in Experimental Colitis

The work links a specific post-transcriptional regulator (AUF1) to barrier dysfunction in UC and demonstrates that AUF1-restored organoids can enhance mucosal repair in mice, suggesting a possible new regenerative...

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Zataria multiflora Boiss Expression of Concern on "Benefits ofin Experimental Model of Mouse Inflammatory Bowel Disease".
Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM

Zataria multiflora Boiss Expression of Concern on "Benefits ofin Experimental Model of Mouse Inflammatory Bowel Disease".

Cure8 found this source from Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, but the page could not be read reliably yet. It is tagged for Inflammatory bowel disease and Research and clinical trials. Open...

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Modulating immune toxicity in ulcerative colitis using a small molecule RAB27A inhibitor
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Modulating immune toxicity in ulcerative colitis using a small molecule RAB27A inhibitor

The report describes a novel small-molecule inhibitor (IMYX-3) targeting RAB27A to reduce neutrophil-mediated damage in ulcerative colitis models, which could point to a new therapeutic approach if later validated in...

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Early-life adverse events and risk of inflammatory bowel disease: A Scandinavian birth cohort study.
Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition

Early-life adverse events and risk of inflammatory bowel disease: A Scandinavian birth cohort study.

The study tested whether early maternal or family adverse events increase later IBD risk and—using two large Scandinavian birth cohorts with registry follow-up—found no association. That may reassure families worried...

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Sodium acetate attenuates ulcerative colitis by reducing intestinal epithelial apoptosis and remodeling gut microbiota
Frontiers in Microbiology

Sodium acetate attenuates ulcerative colitis by reducing intestinal epithelial apoptosis and remodeling gut microbiota

The study suggests acetate (sodium acetate) can protect intestinal cells and reshape the gut microbiota in preclinical models of ulcerative colitis, pointing to a potential microbiome-linked therapeutic avenue that might...

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Dietary tryptophan ameliorates metalaxyl-induced colitis by restoring microbial tryptophan metabolism and aryl hydrocarbon receptor activation
Frontiers in Nutrition

Dietary tryptophan ameliorates metalaxyl-induced colitis by restoring microbial tryptophan metabolism and aryl hydrocarbon receptor activation

This study suggests an environmental fungicide can disrupt gut microbes and reduce beneficial microbial tryptophan metabolites, promoting colitis in mice; dietary tryptophan reversed those effects in the model.

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Cardiovascular and Thromboembolic Risk With Upadacitinib in Spondyloarthritis and Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.
Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

Cardiovascular and Thromboembolic Risk With Upadacitinib in Spondyloarthritis and Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.

People with IBD or Crohn's disease considering or taking upadacitinib may worry about rare but serious risks such as heart attacks, strokes, or blood clots. This meta-analysis found no clear increase in those events...

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Biomaterial-Based Microbiota Strategies for Targeting the Intestinal Immune Microenvironment in Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
European journal of pharmacology

Biomaterial-Based Microbiota Strategies for Targeting the Intestinal Immune Microenvironment in Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

Microbiota-targeting treatments are an active area of IBD research, and biomaterials may help overcome delivery challenges that limit current microbiome therapies. Advances here could improve how well these approaches...

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Outcomes of risankizumab use in adults with Crohn's disease in a real-world setting (ARISE-CD): a multicentre, retrospective cohort study.
BMJ open gastroenterology

Outcomes of risankizumab use in adults with Crohn's disease in a real-world setting (ARISE-CD): a multicentre, retrospective cohort study.

This real-world multicentre study evaluates risankizumab effectiveness and short-term persistence in adults with Crohn's disease, including those previously treated with ustekinumab — information that can help patients...

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α,α-Dicyanoolefin-Based Chemiluminophore with Conical Intersection for High-Contrast Imaging of Peroxynitrite in Ulcerative Colitis
Analytical Chemistry

α,α-Dicyanoolefin-Based Chemiluminophore with Conical Intersection for High-Contrast Imaging of Peroxynitrite in Ulcerative Colitis

A new chemiluminescent probe may help researchers detect and visualize peroxynitrite, a reactive species linked to inflammation in ulcerative colitis, which could aid research into disease mechanisms and early detection...

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Beyond ICD-10 Codes: A Multi-class Machine-Learning Approach to Identify True IBD Cases in Electronic Medical Records.
Digestive diseases and sciences

Beyond ICD-10 Codes: A Multi-class Machine-Learning Approach to Identify True IBD Cases in Electronic Medical Records.

Improving accuracy of IBD case identification in EMRs can make research and registries more reliable, reduce misclassification, and help ensure studies and quality programs use the right patient groups.

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Global burden of inflammatory bowel disease in Asia, 1990-2023: A global burden of disease study 2023.
Saudi journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Saudi Gastroenterology Association

Global burden of inflammatory bowel disease in Asia, 1990-2023: A global burden of disease study 2023.

Rising IBD prevalence across Asia means more people will need diagnosis, long-term care, and health-system resources; patterns differ by country and by Crohn's disease versus ulcerative colitis, which affects planning...

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Analysis of multiplexed SERS-based lateral flow assays: turning qualitative into quantitative for inflammatory bowel disease monitoring.
The Analyst

Analysis of multiplexed SERS-based lateral flow assays: turning qualitative into quantitative for inflammatory bowel disease monitoring.

Quantitative, rapid stool tests could make it easier to track intestinal inflammation without central lab delays. If translated to clinical use, SERS-enhanced lateral-flow assays might allow more frequent, point-of-care...

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