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

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

The work suggests a new mechanism linking macrophage-driven ECM remodeling to protection of enteric neurons and reduced colitis in preclinical models, which could point to future therapies aimed at preventing neuronal...

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Perceived Familial Risk, Dietary Beliefs, and Self-Reported Family Dietary Changes Among Unaffected First-Degree Relatives of Individuals with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Mixed Methods Study in Greece
Gastroenterology Insights

Perceived Familial Risk, Dietary Beliefs, and Self-Reported Family Dietary Changes Among Unaffected First-Degree Relatives of Individuals with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Mixed Methods Study in Greece

Unaffected family members often worry about their own risk and may make dietary changes based on beliefs rather than evidence. Understanding these perceptions can help clinicians give clearer, balanced guidance about...

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A modern toolbox to elucidate the role of the human microbiome in modulating mycobacterial gut infections
Open Biology

A modern toolbox to elucidate the role of the human microbiome in modulating mycobacterial gut infections

The review outlines new research tools for investigating whether mycobacteria contribute to Crohn’s disease and how the microbiome might influence infection and intestinal inflammation, which could eventually inform...

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Cold-Induced Elevation of 3-Hydroxypropionate Exacerbates Colitis by Remodeling Gut Microbiota and Impairing Mitochondrial Respiration in Intestinal Epithelial Cells
Metabolites

Cold-Induced Elevation of 3-Hydroxypropionate Exacerbates Colitis by Remodeling Gut Microbiota and Impairing Mitochondrial Respiration in Intestinal Epithelial Cells

The study suggests a specific microbial metabolite, 3‑HPA, can link cold exposure to worse colitis by changing the microbiome and harming epithelial cell mitochondria and barrier function — a possible new mechanistic...

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Intracolonic Treatment with a Rifamycin SV In Situ Gelling Formulation Ameliorates Macroscopic and Histological Damage in an Acute Rat Model of Oxazolone-Induced Colitis: A Proof-of-Concept Study
Journal of Clinical Medicine

Intracolonic Treatment with a Rifamycin SV In Situ Gelling Formulation Ameliorates Macroscopic and Histological Damage in an Acute Rat Model of Oxazolone-Induced Colitis: A Proof-of-Concept Study

A locally delivered rifamycin formulation reduced macroscopic and microscopic colonic damage in an acute rat model of colitis, suggesting a potential new local therapeutic approach worth further preclinical evaluation.

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Letter to the Editor in Response to “Five‐Year Outcomes and Disease Trajectories in Moderate‐to‐Severe Ulcerative Colitis: A Korean Multicenter Inception Cohort”
Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Letter to the Editor in Response to “Five‐Year Outcomes and Disease Trajectories in Moderate‐to‐Severe Ulcerative Colitis: A Korean Multicenter Inception Cohort”

Based on the title and source metadata, this appears to be a clinical study related to Ulcerative colitis, Inflammatory bowel disease, and Research and clinical trials. The original article is from Journal of...

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ASAPP Study - Topical 5-ASA as Prophylaxis for Pouchitis in Ulcerative Colitis Patients After Pelvic Pouch Surgery
ClinicalTrials.gov

ASAPP Study - Topical 5-ASA as Prophylaxis for Pouchitis in Ulcerative Colitis Patients After Pelvic Pouch Surgery

Pouchitis is a common, sometimes chronic complication after IPAA surgery for ulcerative colitis and can substantially affect quality of life. If topical 5-ASA prevents pouchitis, it could offer a simple prophylactic...

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Efficacy, Safety, and Pharmacokinetics of Upadacitinib Among Patients in East Asia With Moderately to Severely Active Ulcerative Colitis: A Post Hoc Subanalysis of Randomized Phase 3 Studies
Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Efficacy, Safety, and Pharmacokinetics of Upadacitinib Among Patients in East Asia With Moderately to Severely Active Ulcerative Colitis: A Post Hoc Subanalysis of Randomized Phase 3 Studies

This analysis suggests upadacitinib works and has a similar safety and pharmacokinetic profile in East Asian patients with moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis as in the global trials, which may reassure...

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NEAT1 modulates neutrophil functions via glycolysis to restrain mucosal inflammation in ulcerative colitis
Frontiers in Immunology

NEAT1 modulates neutrophil functions via glycolysis to restrain mucosal inflammation in ulcerative colitis

The study links NEAT1, a long noncoding RNA, to neutrophil-driven mucosal inflammation in ulcerative colitis and suggests NEAT1 affects neutrophil activity via glycolysis. That points to a new molecular pathway that...

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Isolated Superficially Serrated Adenoma in Ulcerative Colitis: A Case Report with Molecular Analysis in Japan
MDPI AG

Isolated Superficially Serrated Adenoma in Ulcerative Colitis: A Case Report with Molecular Analysis in Japan

A new molecular finding (PTPRK::RSPO3 fusion) in a serrated colorectal lesion from a person with ulcerative colitis may be relevant to understanding dysplasia and cancer pathways in IBD, and could prompt further study of...

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Synchronous collagenous and ulcerative colitis: A case report and review of the literature.
Revista espanola de patologia : publicacion oficial de la Sociedad Espanola de Anatomia Patologica y de la Sociedad Espanola de Citologia

Synchronous collagenous and ulcerative colitis: A case report and review of the literature.

Coexistence of ulcerative colitis and collagenous colitis is rare but can change diagnosis and management. Stool calprotectin and biopsies helped identify and monitor disease activity, and adjusting mesalazine coincided...

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Therapeutic Drug Monitoring guided vedolizumab treatment in ulcerative colitis in Cyprus: a cost-effectiveness analysis.
Value in health : the journal of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research

Therapeutic Drug Monitoring guided vedolizumab treatment in ulcerative colitis in Cyprus: a cost-effectiveness analysis.

Using TDM to optimize vedolizumab could improve outcomes but may raise treatment costs; patients and clinicians should know cost-effectiveness depends heavily on drug price and local healthcare thresholds.

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Diagnostic accuracy of the international bowel ultrasound segmental activity score for assessing disease activity in Crohn’s disease
Indian Journal of Gastroenterology

Diagnostic accuracy of the international bowel ultrasound segmental activity score for assessing disease activity in Crohn’s disease

Standardized intestinal ultrasound scoring could help non-invasively monitor Crohn’s disease activity and reduce reliance on colonoscopy for some assessments. A high-sensitivity IUS score may be useful to rule out...

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Ablim3 is upregulated in experimental colitis and its local knockdown attenuates DSS- induced intestinal injury in mice
Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Ablim3 is upregulated in experimental colitis and its local knockdown attenuates DSS- induced intestinal injury in mice

This study highlights a potential new molecular player (ABLIM3) involved in colitis-related epithelial and cytoskeletal changes. Understanding such mechanisms could eventually point to new targets for therapies or...

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Efficacy of psychotherapies in individuals with inflammatory bowel disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis
World Journal of Psychiatry

Efficacy of psychotherapies in individuals with inflammatory bowel disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis

The review shows psychotherapies can improve quality of life and reduce anxiety and depression in people with IBD, outcomes that matter for daily functioning even when intestinal symptoms may not change.

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Chronotherapy in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Biological Rationale, Human Evidence, and a Clinical Implementation Framework.
Digestive diseases and sciences

Chronotherapy in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Biological Rationale, Human Evidence, and a Clinical Implementation Framework.

Timing of therapies and daily behaviors may affect drug metabolism, immune activity, and symptom patterns in IBD. Considering when treatments are given could potentially improve response, reduce toxicity, and help...

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Effectiveness, Durability, and Safety of Ustekinumab in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Results from the Taiwan Multicenter Real-world Ustekinumab Study (T-RUST Study).
Inflammatory bowel diseases

Effectiveness, Durability, and Safety of Ustekinumab in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Results from the Taiwan Multicenter Real-world Ustekinumab Study (T-RUST Study).

This Taiwanese multicenter real-world study reports high 52-week clinical response and remission rates, sustained one-year drug persistence, and meaningful fistula healing with ustekinumab in patients with Crohn’s...

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Ultrasound-Activated Janus Heterojunction-Mediated Enhanced Cascade Nanozyme for Inflammatory Bowel Disease Therapy.
ACS applied materials & interfaces

Ultrasound-Activated Janus Heterojunction-Mediated Enhanced Cascade Nanozyme for Inflammatory Bowel Disease Therapy.

The study describes a new ultrasound-activated nanozyme that reduced intestinal inflammation and promoted mucosal repair in preclinical IBD models by scavenging ROS and modulating the gut microbiota—an approach that...

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Hormonal contraception is not associated with recurrent flares in ulcerative colitis: a longitudinal time-dependent analysis
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Hormonal contraception is not associated with recurrent flares in ulcerative colitis: a longitudinal time-dependent analysis

Many women with UC use hormonal contraception and worry it might worsen disease activity. This study provides evidence that HCT was not linked to more recurrent flares or higher cumulative inflammatory burden in the...

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Tea polysaccharide-stabilized selenium nanoparticles exert anti-inflammatory effects on ulcerative colitis via up-regulation of selenoenzymes and suppressing the NLRP3/Caspase-1/IL-1β pathway
Journal of Functional Foods

Tea polysaccharide-stabilized selenium nanoparticles exert anti-inflammatory effects on ulcerative colitis via up-regulation of selenoenzymes and suppressing the NLRP3/Caspase-1/IL-1β pathway

Based on the title and source metadata, this appears to be a basic science related to Ulcerative colitis, Inflammatory bowel disease, and Research and clinical trials. The original article is from Journal of Functional...

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Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Ponesimod (VSP-128) in Patients With Moderately to Severely Active Ulcerative Colitis
ClinicalTrials.gov

Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Ponesimod (VSP-128) in Patients With Moderately to Severely Active Ulcerative Colitis

A new Phase 3 trial is testing ponesimod, an oral S1P-modulator, for moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis — this could expand oral treatment options if later shown effective and safe.

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Mesalazine-induced myocarditis following dose escalation in ulcerative colitis: a diagnostic challenge
European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine

Mesalazine-induced myocarditis following dose escalation in ulcerative colitis: a diagnostic challenge

Mesalazine is commonly used in ulcerative colitis; recognizing rare but serious myocarditis linked to it can lead to rapid treatment changes and recovery. Distinguishing drug-induced myocarditis from IBD-related...

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Sialidase inhibitor modulates gut microbiota and enhances mucosal protection in the treatment of ulcerative colitis
mSystems

Sialidase inhibitor modulates gut microbiota and enhances mucosal protection in the treatment of ulcerative colitis

The study suggests a targeted microbiome-based drug (sialidase inhibitor) may protect the mucus barrier and improve symptoms in ulcerative colitis without the broad disruption caused by antibiotics, which could be...

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Beyond Inflammation: Sarcopenia and Disease Phenotype Predict Unfavourable Course in Crohn’s Disease—A Retrospective Observational Study
Biomedicines

Beyond Inflammation: Sarcopenia and Disease Phenotype Predict Unfavourable Course in Crohn’s Disease—A Retrospective Observational Study

Sarcopenia (low muscle mass) was linked with worse outcomes in Crohn’s disease and, combined with fecal calprotectin and disease behaviour, formed a score that better predicted unfavourable courses. Identifying at-risk...

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Model‐informed dose optimization of etrasimod in ulcerative colitis across CYP2C9 genotypes and hepatic impairment
British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Model‐informed dose optimization of etrasimod in ulcerative colitis across CYP2C9 genotypes and hepatic impairment

People with ulcerative colitis taking etrasimod may have higher drug levels if they have certain CYP2C9 genotypes or significant liver impairment; dose adjustments could be needed to avoid increased exposure.

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Tacrolimus Bridging and Combination Therapy Following Infliximab and JAK Inhibitor Failure in Ulcerative Colitis: A Case Series.
JGH open : an open access journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

Tacrolimus Bridging and Combination Therapy Following Infliximab and JAK Inhibitor Failure in Ulcerative Colitis: A Case Series.

Patients with UC who fail both anti-TNF and JAK inhibitor therapies have limited options. This report suggests tacrolimus can be used as a short-term bridge or in combination to reach another maintenance drug, with many...

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Rehmannia glutinosa Extracts Enhances Ketone Bodies Expression and Alleviates Ulcerative Colitis as A Novel Ketogenic Functional Food.
Food science & nutrition

Rehmannia glutinosa Extracts Enhances Ketone Bodies Expression and Alleviates Ulcerative Colitis as A Novel Ketogenic Functional Food.

This study suggests a plant extract might boost ketone-body levels and reduce colitis-like inflammation in a mouse model — a concept that could inform future dietary or therapeutic research for ulcerative colitis but is...

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