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Inflammatory Bowel Disease Is Associated With an Increased Risk of End-Stage Renal Disease: A Population-Based Cohort Study.
Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

Inflammatory Bowel Disease Is Associated With an Increased Risk of End-Stage Renal Disease: A Population-Based Cohort Study.

If you have IBD — especially Crohn’s — this study suggests your long-term risk of needing dialysis or a kidney transplant may be higher than the general population. Certain treatments and prior bowel surgery were linked...

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Serum Leptin, Ghrelin, and IGF-1 Levels and Their Association with Bone Mineral Density in Patients with Ulcerative Colitis

People with UC have higher rates of low bone density, which raises fracture risk. This study links altered hormones (leptin, ghrelin, IGF‑1) and inflammation to lower BMD in UC, suggesting metabolic pathways that could...

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A Single Arm, Multicenter Open-Label Interventional to Evaluate the Efficacy of Upadacitinib Re-induction Therapy in Patients With Ulcerative Colitis Who Lost Response to 30 mg Maintenance Dose
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A Single Arm, Multicenter Open-Label Interventional to Evaluate the Efficacy of Upadacitinib Re-induction Therapy in Patients With Ulcerative Colitis Who Lost Response to 30 mg Maintenance Dose

This trial tests whether raising the upadacitinib dose to 45 mg can recapture clinical response in people with ulcerative colitis who lost response on the 30 mg maintenance dose. If effective and safe, the approach could...

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Machine Learning-Based Prediction of Treatment Response to Vitamin D3 in Adolescents and Young Adults with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Prospective, Open-Label, Alternation-Based Comparative Study
Biomedicines

Machine Learning-Based Prediction of Treatment Response to Vitamin D3 in Adolescents and Young Adults with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Prospective, Open-Label, Alternation-Based Comparative Study

Vitamin D supplementation is commonly considered in people with IBD because deficiency is frequent and low vitamin D may relate to inflammation.

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Mechanisms and clinical outcomes linking HLA-DRB1*01:03 and IBD
Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology

Mechanisms and clinical outcomes linking HLA-DRB1*01:03 and IBD

The work identifies a genetic link (HLA‑DRB1*01:03) to anti‑IL‑10 autoantibodies and describes a small subgroup of IBD patients who may have a distinct immune mechanism driving disease—information that could matter for...

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Upadacitinib Reduces Rates of Hospitalization in Ulcerative Colitis: A Large-Scale Nationwide Cohort Study
Journal of Clinical Medicine

Upadacitinib Reduces Rates of Hospitalization in Ulcerative Colitis: A Large-Scale Nationwide Cohort Study

Lower hospitalization rates suggest upadacitinib may reduce severe disease events that require inpatient care, which matters to patients and clinicians aiming to avoid hospital stays and complications. Large real-world...

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Black tea-processed Toona sinensis leaves alleviate DSS-induced ulcerative colitis in mice by enriching flavonoids and modulating gut microbiota
Frontiers in Nutrition

Black tea-processed Toona sinensis leaves alleviate DSS-induced ulcerative colitis in mice by enriching flavonoids and modulating gut microbiota

The study identifies a food-processing method (black tea processing) that increased flavonoids and improved outcomes in a mouse model of colitis, suggesting that specific dietary preparations might influence gut...

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Multi-omics Mendelian randomization and experimental validation identify PRKAB1 as a regulator of phosphatidylcholine metabolism in IBD.
Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology

Multi-omics Mendelian randomization and experimental validation identify PRKAB1 as a regulator of phosphatidylcholine metabolism in IBD.

Phosphatidylcholines are implicated in IBD biology; identifying a gene that regulates PC metabolism could point to new mechanistic targets. If PRKAB1 modulates epithelial lipid metabolism relevant to inflammation, it may...

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Marine Collagen Peptide Fraction from Lutjanus erythropterus Scales: A Multifunctional Bioactive for Intestinal Barrier Protection and Redox Modulation in Ulcerative Colitis
Foods

Marine Collagen Peptide Fraction from Lutjanus erythropterus Scales: A Multifunctional Bioactive for Intestinal Barrier Protection and Redox Modulation in Ulcerative Colitis

This preclinical study suggests a marine-derived collagen peptide fraction may strengthen intestinal barrier function, reduce oxidative stress, and partially restore gut microbiota in models of colitis — mechanisms...

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Risk of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Following Hospital-Treated Infections and Modulatory Role of Host Genetics to Support a Multi-Hit Pathogenesis Model.

If hospital-treated infections raise later IBD risk—especially in people with certain immune-related genetic variants—this supports a multi-hit model of IBD and could eventually help identify higher-risk individuals...

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Mechanisms of Commensal- Specific CD8+ T Cell Differentiation, Restraint and Dysregulation in Intestinal Inflammation
NIH RePORTER

Mechanisms of Commensal- Specific CD8+ T Cell Differentiation, Restraint and Dysregulation in Intestinal Inflammation

Understanding how commensal-specific CD8+ T cells are generated and become pathogenic could reveal new mechanisms contributing to IBD, pointing to future therapeutic targets. The project aims to clarify immune–microbiota...

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INTERROGATING GCPII-MEDIATED GLUTAMATE SIGNALING IN THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT AND ITS ROLE IN INTESTINAL HOMEOSTASIS
NIH RePORTER

INTERROGATING GCPII-MEDIATED GLUTAMATE SIGNALING IN THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT AND ITS ROLE IN INTESTINAL HOMEOSTASIS

This project studies a novel enzyme target (GCPII) that is reportedly upregulated in IBD and may change glutamate signaling and barrier function; understanding it could point to new treatment strategies for people whose...

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Protective effects of Brassica rapa L. water extract against DSS-induced acute UC-like colitis in mice and its regulatory mechanisms involving gut microbiota and the intestinal mucosal barrier
Frontiers in Microbiology

Protective effects of Brassica rapa L. water extract against DSS-induced acute UC-like colitis in mice and its regulatory mechanisms involving gut microbiota and the intestinal mucosal barrier

The study identifies a plant extract that reduced colitis-like injury in mice and altered gut microbes and intestinal barrier markers, which could inform future preclinical work. For people with IBD, this is early-stage...

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Cimicifuga foetida L. polysaccharide alleviates ulcerative colitis by inhibiting pyroptosis and regulating gut microbiota
Frontiers in Pharmacology

Cimicifuga foetida L. polysaccharide alleviates ulcerative colitis by inhibiting pyroptosis and regulating gut microbiota

Researchers are exploring plant-derived polysaccharides as potential therapies that might reduce inflammation and protect the intestinal barrier. For people with UC, therapies that reduce pyroptosis and restore...

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Study of Advanced Therapies for the Treatment of Adult Participants With Moderately to Severely Active Crohn's Disease or Ulcerative Colitis
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Study of Advanced Therapies for the Treatment of Adult Participants With Moderately to Severely Active Crohn's Disease or Ulcerative Colitis

The trial is testing risankizumab alone and in combination with investigational ABBV antibodies for moderate-to-severe Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis — findings could inform future treatment choices and...

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Quantitative Analysis of Retinal and Choroidal Microvascular Changes in Adult IBD Patients: Insights into the Gut-Retina Axis.

The study suggests measurable retinal and choroidal microvascular differences in people with IBD versus controls, which could point to systemic vascular effects of inflammation and offer noninvasive biomarker...

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Linking Clinical Disease Activity to Quality of Life in Ulcerative Colitis: Serial Mediation by Patient Activation and Comfort.

This study shows that patients' comfort partly explains how clinical disease activity affects quality of life in ulcerative colitis, suggesting comfort-focused nursing care could help patients feel better even when...

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Clinical characterization and healthcare burden of difficult-to-treat inflammatory bowel disease in Latin America: a real-world registry-based study.
Crohn's & colitis 360

Clinical characterization and healthcare burden of difficult-to-treat inflammatory bowel disease in Latin America: a real-world registry-based study.

The study identifies a sizable group of patients in Latin America with difficult-to-treat IBD—especially Crohn’s disease—highlighting higher disease severity, younger onset, and longer diagnostic delays that can affect...

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Enhancing the efficacy of ulcerative colitis treatment by inhibiting LCN2-mediated pyroptosis through traditional processing techniques: With the rhizome of Atractylodes macrocephala Koidz. as an example.

This study suggests a traditional processing method may change a common herbal used for UC so it works better in mouse and cell models, and it proposes a specific molecular pathway (LCN2‑mediated pyroptosis) that could...

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Ginseng marc-derived low-molecular-weight neutral glucan SN-GOS ameliorates ulcerative colitis via inhibition of apoptosis and activation of autophagy in human intestinal HT-29 cells and DSS-induced inflammatory colitis mice.
Carbohydrate research

Ginseng marc-derived low-molecular-weight neutral glucan SN-GOS ameliorates ulcerative colitis via inhibition of apoptosis and activation of autophagy in human intestinal HT-29 cells and DSS-induced inflammatory colitis mice.

This preclinical study suggests a ginseng-derived polysaccharide reduced inflammation and tissue injury in cell and mouse models of colitis, which could eventually inform dietary supplements or therapeutic research...

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A Study to Evaluate Efficacy and Safety of MK-8690 in Participants With Moderately to Severely Active Ulcerative Colitis (MK-8690-002)
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A Study to Evaluate Efficacy and Safety of MK-8690 in Participants With Moderately to Severely Active Ulcerative Colitis (MK-8690-002)

A new Phase 2 trial is testing MK-8690 as a potential subcutaneous treatment for moderate–severe ulcerative colitis, with clinical remission at 12 weeks as the primary goal. Positive results could point to an additional...

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Sutterella Inhibition of Aryl hydrocarbon receptor Interleukin-22 signaling and worsening of intestinal inflammation byspecies.

Researchers identify a gut microbe (Sutterella species) that may worsen intestinal inflammation by blocking AhR-driven IL-22 and IL-17 responses—pathways that help protect the gut lining.

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TIME-trend and forecasting of the economic impact of inflammatory bowel disease in Catalonia: a population-based analysis.

The study shows rapidly rising IBD healthcare costs driven mainly by growing prevalence and biologic therapy spending, which can affect access, insurance coverage, and healthcare planning for people with Crohn’s and...

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Discovery of an oral, potent and highly selective immunoproteasome inhibitor for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and ulcerative colitis.
European journal of medicinal chemistry

Discovery of an oral, potent and highly selective immunoproteasome inhibitor for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and ulcerative colitis.

This study describes a new oral immunoproteasome inhibitor (ent-F10) with preclinical activity in animal models of ulcerative colitis and rheumatoid arthritis, highlighting a potential new drug-development direction that...

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Human gut flagellome profiling using FlaPro reveals TLR5-related phenotype-specific alterations in IBD.

This paper links specific features of the gut bacterial flagellome to TLR5-driven immune activation and reports a disease-associated shift in flagellin profiles in Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, suggesting...

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Effectiveness and Safety of Mirikizumab in Patients With Moderate-to-severe Ulcerative Colitis: a Real-life Retrospective Multicenter Study
ClinicalTrials.gov

Effectiveness and Safety of Mirikizumab in Patients With Moderate-to-severe Ulcerative Colitis: a Real-life Retrospective Multicenter Study

This study reports real-world data on mirikizumab in adults with ulcerative colitis, focusing on clinical and endoscopic remission and inflammatory markers — outcomes patients and clinicians use to judge treatment...

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