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Clinical study articles covering observational research, trial reports, and human data relevant to Crohn's disease and IBD.

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COMPARATIVE REAL-WORLD EFFECTIVENESS OF BIOLOGIC THERAPIES FOR PREVENTING POSTOPERATIVE ENDOSCOPIC RECURRENCE OF CROHN’S DISEASE
American Journal of Gastroenterology

COMPARATIVE REAL-WORLD EFFECTIVENESS OF BIOLOGIC THERAPIES FOR PREVENTING POSTOPERATIVE ENDOSCOPIC RECURRENCE OF CROHN’S DISEASE

Postoperative endoscopic recurrence is common after ileocolonic resection for Crohn’s disease; this study suggests biologic drugs started after surgery are linked to lower recurrence rates. Knowing which biologics...

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Financial Hardship Among US Adults with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A National Analysis.
Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract

Financial Hardship Among US Adults with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A National Analysis.

Financial barriers are common among US adults with IBD and are linked to delayed care and skipping medications — problems that can worsen disease control and quality of life.

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Integrated metabolomic and genetic profiling implicate loss of docosahexaenoic acid in the link between ultra-processed foods and Crohn's disease.
Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association

Integrated metabolomic and genetic profiling implicate loss of docosahexaenoic acid in the link between ultra-processed foods and Crohn's disease.

If UPFs increase Crohn's risk by lowering DHA, that points to a measurable metabolic pathway linking diet and disease. Understanding this could inform dietary prevention strategies or targeted nutrition research for...

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Clinical utility of magnetic resonance enterography for pediatric Crohn’s disease: a review with illustrative cases and a focus on Japan
Japanese Journal of Radiology

Clinical utility of magnetic resonance enterography for pediatric Crohn’s disease: a review with illustrative cases and a focus on Japan

MRE is a key radiation-free imaging tool for children with Crohn’s disease; this review summarizes its clinical utility and how it fits with other pediatric-focused diagnostic approaches in Japan.

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Primary biliary cirrhosis and inflammatory bowel disease: a two-sample bidirectional Mendelian randomization study
Experimental Biology and Medicine

Primary biliary cirrhosis and inflammatory bowel disease: a two-sample bidirectional Mendelian randomization study

Genetic evidence that PBC may causally influence risk of IBD (and UC specifically) could help explain observed co-occurrence of these autoimmune diseases and point researchers toward shared pathways worth studying.

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Baseline Magnetic Resonance Enterography Stratifies Persistence Risk of Crohn's Disease Strictures.
Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association

Baseline Magnetic Resonance Enterography Stratifies Persistence Risk of Crohn's Disease Strictures.

Baseline MRE features may help predict which Crohn's strictures will not improve with advanced medical therapy, informing monitoring and surgical planning. Better stratification could guide decisions about earlier...

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Predictive model for ulcerative colitis therapeutic response using clinical indicators and peripheral blood T-cell subsets
Frontiers in immunology

Predictive model for ulcerative colitis therapeutic response using clinical indicators and peripheral blood T-cell subsets

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 Frontiers in...

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Bioaccessibility of Phyllanthus emblica L. extract and its potential as a functional food for protecting against inflammatory bowel disease
Journal of the science of food and agriculture.

Bioaccessibility of Phyllanthus emblica L. extract and its potential as a functional food for protecting against inflammatory bowel disease

This study suggests a commonly eaten medicinal fruit extract has stable polyphenols through digestion and reduced inflammation in a zebrafish colitis model, which may be relevant to research into dietary approaches for...

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Altered colonic keratin expression as a biomarker signature distinguishes IBD, microscopic colitis, and IBS – a retrospective study
BMC Gastroenterology

Altered colonic keratin expression as a biomarker signature distinguishes IBD, microscopic colitis, and IBS – a retrospective study

Biopsy-based keratin patterns might help distinguish IBD, microscopic colitis, and IBS—conditions that can look similar clinically—so this could improve diagnostic accuracy if validated.

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Antibiotic-Refractory Chronic Pouchitis After Ileal Pouch-Anal Anastomosis: Current and Emerging Therapeutic Strategies.
Drugs

Antibiotic-Refractory Chronic Pouchitis After Ileal Pouch-Anal Anastomosis: Current and Emerging Therapeutic Strategies.

Chronic antibiotic-refractory pouchitis is a common, impactful complication after ileal pouch-anal anastomosis that can worsen quality of life and increase the risk of pouch failure. Patients and clinicians need clearer...

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Effects of grape seed extract on immune-related gene expression, inflammatory biomarkers, disease activity, and quality of life in patients with ulcerative colitis: a randomized, triple-blind, placebo-controlled trial
Scientific Reports

Effects of grape seed extract on immune-related gene expression, inflammatory biomarkers, disease activity, and quality of life in patients with ulcerative colitis: a randomized, triple-blind, placebo-controlled trial

Many people with UC try dietary supplements; this randomized trial tested grape seed extract and found a measurable reduction in an inflammation blood marker (hs‑CRP) but no clear improvement in most other measured...

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Declining rates of surgery in pediatric-onset inflammatory bowel disease: a Swedish nationwide register-based cohort study 2002-2022.
Journal of Crohn's & colitis

Declining rates of surgery in pediatric-onset inflammatory bowel disease: a Swedish nationwide register-based cohort study 2002-2022.

A decreasing need for IBD-related surgery after pediatric diagnosis could mean fewer major operations and related recovery for children and young adults. It may reflect the growing use of advanced medical therapies in...

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Evaluation of the Correlation of Calprotectin and SES-CD Score at the Time of Diagnosis and Follow-up After Diagnosis in Pediatric Patients With Crohn's Disease in Korea.
Journal of Korean medical science

Evaluation of the Correlation of Calprotectin and SES-CD Score at the Time of Diagnosis and Follow-up After Diagnosis in Pediatric Patients With Crohn's Disease in Korea.

Noninvasive fecal calprotectin levels tracked with endoscopic disease activity in children with colonic Crohn's disease, suggesting FC could help reduce repeat endoscopies and better monitor treatment response.

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Large-scale transcriptomic meta-analysis identifies constitutive and inflammation-dependent layers in ulcerative colitis
Scientific Reports

Large-scale transcriptomic meta-analysis identifies constitutive and inflammation-dependent layers in ulcerative colitis

This study identifies reproducible molecular patterns in UC tissue that could help researchers target non-immune pathways (metabolic/mitochondrial) in addition to inflammation, and it highlights that apparently...

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Comprehensive Phenotyping of Circulating T- and B-Cell Subsets in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis Associated with Crohn's Disease.
Cells

Comprehensive Phenotyping of Circulating T- and B-Cell Subsets in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis Associated with Crohn's Disease.

If confirmed, distinct circulating T- and B-cell patterns could help researchers and clinicians better understand immune differences in patients who have both ankylosing spondylitis and Crohn's disease, and could point...

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Enteric glial cell remodeling at diagnosis is associated with reduced mucosal inflammation at follow-up in pediatric ulcerative colitis.
Human pathology

Enteric glial cell remodeling at diagnosis is associated with reduced mucosal inflammation at follow-up in pediatric ulcerative colitis.

If confirmed, a pathology marker visible on routine biopsy (EGC patterns by SOX10 IHC) could help predict which children with ulcerative colitis are more likely to have improved mucosal inflammation over the first year,...

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Explainable random forest–SHAP framework for Montreal phenotype–stratified prediction of one-year complications in Crohn’s disease
Frontiers in Physiology

Explainable random forest–SHAP framework for Montreal phenotype–stratified prediction of one-year complications in Crohn’s disease

A model that predicts one-year risks for surgery and complications by Montreal phenotype could help identify patients at higher short-term risk and guide research into targeted monitoring or interventions.

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Comparative pharmacodynamic material basis of oral and colonic administration of Baitouweng decoction in experimental ulcerative colitis.
Journal of ethnopharmacology

Comparative pharmacodynamic material basis of oral and colonic administration of Baitouweng decoction in experimental ulcerative colitis.

The paper suggests that the same herbal formula can produce different absorbed components and target interactions depending on oral versus colonic delivery, which could influence therapeutic effects in ulcerative colitis...

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Neutrophil activation parameter is a promising new biomarker of disease activity in ulcerative colitis.
Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry

Neutrophil activation parameter is a promising new biomarker of disease activity in ulcerative colitis.

A simple blood-derived neutrophil activation marker (Neut-RI) correlated with clinical disease activity in ulcerative colitis and outperformed fecal calprotectin and CRP in this study, suggesting a potential low-cost,...

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Small but mighty: the human mycobiome as an immunopharmacological regulator of inflammation and autoimmunity.
International immunopharmacology

Small but mighty: the human mycobiome as an immunopharmacological regulator of inflammation and autoimmunity.

Fungi in the gut appear to influence immune pathways implicated in IBD and other autoimmune diseases, suggesting new therapeutic targets and microbiome-based interventions that could affect disease activity.

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Extreme temperature events and hospitalizations for 59 autoimmune diseases in Korea: A nationwide outcome-wide, time-stratified, case-crossover study.
Environmental research

Extreme temperature events and hospitalizations for 59 autoimmune diseases in Korea: A nationwide outcome-wide, time-stratified, case-crossover study.

Short periods of extreme heat may modestly increase the chance of hospitalization for IBD and Crohn’s disease. Patients and clinicians should be aware that temperature extremes could be a trigger for worsening disease...

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A robustness-first cross-disease framework supports a candidate shared microbial redox axis and disease-specific metabolic divergence in colorectal cancer, Crohn's disease, and liver cirrhosis.
mSystems

A robustness-first cross-disease framework supports a candidate shared microbial redox axis and disease-specific metabolic divergence in colorectal cancer, Crohn's disease, and liver cirrhosis.

Researchers found a candidate shared microbial signal across colorectal cancer, Crohn’s disease, and liver cirrhosis that points to redox-related microbial functions; this could guide future biomarker or experimental...

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Infrared spectroscopy with statistical analysis and machine learning for cancer risk assessment in inflammatory bowel disease patients.
The Analyst

Infrared spectroscopy with statistical analysis and machine learning for cancer risk assessment in inflammatory bowel disease patients.

The study tests a molecular technique (ATR-FTIR) with machine learning on biopsy tissue to find signals linked to future dysplasia/CRC risk in IBD — a potential complement to colonoscopic surveillance if validated.

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Therapeutic response to exclusive enteral nutrition correlates with suppressed IL-17 signaling activity and diminished IL-1β secretion in pediatric Crohn's disease
Frontiers in Nutrition

Therapeutic response to exclusive enteral nutrition correlates with suppressed IL-17 signaling activity and diminished IL-1β secretion in pediatric Crohn's disease

Shows molecular correlates (reduced IL‑17 signaling and IL‑1β) linked with mucosal healing after exclusive enteral nutrition in children with Crohn's disease, which may help researchers develop biomarkers or understand...

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Immune–microbe interactions in pediatric ulcerative colitis: clinical features, pathogenesis, and novel targeted therapeutic strategies
Frontiers in Immunology

Immune–microbe interactions in pediatric ulcerative colitis: clinical features, pathogenesis, and novel targeted therapeutic strategies

PUC often behaves differently and more aggressively than adult-onset UC; understanding pediatric‑specific causes and treatments could lead to better, more effective therapies for children.

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[Corrigendum] Integrative transcriptomic analysis unveils FXR as a key regulator of intestinal stemness and inflammation in ulcerative colitis
International Journal of Molecular Medicine

[Corrigendum] Integrative transcriptomic analysis unveils FXR as a key regulator of intestinal stemness and inflammation in ulcerative colitis

Accurate methods and dataset labels matter for researchers reproducing transcriptomic analyses and for clinicians interpreting translational implications. The corrigendum clarifies which datasets and experimental models...

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Development of multimodal multiscale imaging platform for high-content molecular profiling of mucosal healing to predict the risk of relapse in ulcerative colitis
NIH RePORTER

Development of multimodal multiscale imaging platform for high-content molecular profiling of mucosal healing to predict the risk of relapse in ulcerative colitis

Patients and clinicians struggle to predict relapse in ulcerative colitis because current endoscopic, histologic, and noninvasive biomarkers are imperfect. A tissue-based imaging and spatial-omics approach could identify...

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Connecting the Dots Between Pharmacokinetics, Inflammatory Biomarkers, and Mucosal Healing in Patients on Infliximab with Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Pharmaceutics

Connecting the Dots Between Pharmacokinetics, Inflammatory Biomarkers, and Mucosal Healing in Patients on Infliximab with Inflammatory Bowel Disease

If true, using infliximab drug-level modeling plus routine blood tests could help predict who has mucosal healing without immediate endoscopy, potentially reducing invasive procedures and improving monitoring for people...

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Integrated Multi-Omics Reveals Complementary Luminal and Mucosal Host–Microbiome Interactions Associated with Disease Activity and Phenotype in Paediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Microorganisms

Integrated Multi-Omics Reveals Complementary Luminal and Mucosal Host–Microbiome Interactions Associated with Disease Activity and Phenotype in Paediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease

The study shows that fecal (luminal) and mucosal microbiome and metabolite profiles capture different aspects of pediatric IBD—activity versus phenotype—so combined sampling may give a fuller picture for research and...

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Gradient Boosting Machine-Based Prognostic Model with SurvSHAP Analysis for Predicting Secondary Loss of Response to Infliximab Therapy in Crohn's Disease.
Drug design, development and therapy

Gradient Boosting Machine-Based Prognostic Model with SurvSHAP Analysis for Predicting Secondary Loss of Response to Infliximab Therapy in Crohn's Disease.

The work identifies factors that predict loss of response to infliximab and suggests maintenance drug levels are the strongest predictor, which could influence monitoring strategies for people with Crohn's disease on...

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Divergent trends in Crohn's disease surgery rates: Is Austria truly an exception in the biologic era?
Digestive and liver disease : official journal of the Italian Society of Gastroenterology and the Italian Association for the Study of the Liver

Divergent trends in Crohn's disease surgery rates: Is Austria truly an exception in the biologic era?

Based on the title and source metadata, this appears to be a clinical study related to Crohn's disease, Inflammatory bowel disease, and Research and clinical trials. The original article is from Digestive and liver...

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Anti-TNF therapy attenuates the diagnostic utility of leucine-rich α2-Glycoprotein 1 for endoscopic activity in ulcerative colitis.
Therapeutic advances in gastroenterology

Anti-TNF therapy attenuates the diagnostic utility of leucine-rich α2-Glycoprotein 1 for endoscopic activity in ulcerative colitis.

Serum LRG1 is a candidate blood biomarker for mucosal inflammation in UC, but anti-TNF drugs may suppress its levels and cause false-negative results. This affects noninvasive monitoring and decisions based on LRG1...

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Goblet cell heterogeneity and plasticity in ulcerative colitis: implications for mucus barrier reconstitution
Cell & Bioscience

Goblet cell heterogeneity and plasticity in ulcerative colitis: implications for mucus barrier reconstitution

The mucus layer and goblet cells are central to colonic barrier function; understanding goblet cell diversity and plasticity could point to new ways to restore the mucus barrier in UC and improve disease control.

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Clinical characteristics and prognosis of infant onset inflammatory bowel disease in Chinese children: a 10-year single-center experience.
Translational pediatrics

Clinical characteristics and prognosis of infant onset inflammatory bowel disease in Chinese children: a 10-year single-center experience.

Monogenic causes (especially IL-10RA mutations) are common in infant-onset IBD and are linked to more severe disease and higher mortality; early genetic testing and consideration of HSCT may change prognosis.

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Intestinal ultrasound: a non-invasive alternative to monitor and predict biologic treatment persistence in patients with inflammatory bowel disease.
Scandinavian journal of gastroenterology

Intestinal ultrasound: a non-invasive alternative to monitor and predict biologic treatment persistence in patients with inflammatory bowel disease.

A non-invasive test (intestinal ultrasound) that predicts whether patients stay on biologic therapy could reduce the need for frequent endoscopy and help guide monitoring decisions.

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