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Inflammatory bowel disease-rheumatology: evaluation of a collaborative, multidisciplinary, patient-centred care model
Frontline Gastroenterology

Inflammatory bowel disease-rheumatology: evaluation of a collaborative, multidisciplinary, patient-centred care model

Many people with IBD also have inflammatory joint disease. This combined clinic model aimed to provide simultaneous gastroenterology and rheumatology assessment and shared decision-making, and the study reports frequent...

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Implementation of intestinal ultrasound in Canadian inflammatory bowel disease care: perspectives from a national expert roundtable
Journal of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology

Implementation of intestinal ultrasound in Canadian inflammatory bowel disease care: perspectives from a national expert roundtable

IUS can provide rapid, bedside assessment and longitudinal monitoring of IBD activity, which may improve treat-to-target care. Understanding barriers and strategies for implementation matters for patients and clinicians...

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Epithelial Barrier-Injury Transcriptomic Stratification Across Human IBD Mucosal Cohorts.
Omics : a journal of integrative biology

Epithelial Barrier-Injury Transcriptomic Stratification Across Human IBD Mucosal Cohorts.

A transcriptomic "barrier-injury" score that tracks mucosal inflammation and predicts lower odds of mucosal healing could help researchers develop biomarkers for patient stratification, prognosis, or as exploratory...

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A Multi-marker Model Based on Routine Laboratory Parameters for Predicting Intestinal Fibrosis in Crohn's Disease
British Journal of Healthcare and Medical Research

A Multi-marker Model Based on Routine Laboratory Parameters for Predicting Intestinal Fibrosis in Crohn's Disease

The study suggests commonly available lab tests might help identify intestinal fibrosis and strictures in Crohn’s disease using a five-marker blood-based model, which could offer a noninvasive screening option if...

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Perianal fistulizing Crohn's disease increases infliximab clearance and causes low infliximab exposure (ATLANTIC).
Journal of Crohn's & colitis

Perianal fistulizing Crohn's disease increases infliximab clearance and causes low infliximab exposure (ATLANTIC).

If you have Crohn’s disease with perianal fistulas and are treated with infliximab, this study suggests the drug is cleared faster and trough levels are often lower after standard dosing — which may mean you need higher...

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Serum X-C Motif Chemokine Ligand 1 Is Associated with Endoscopic Activity in Crohn's Disease: A Clinical Biomarker Study.
The Turkish journal of gastroenterology : the official journal of Turkish Society of Gastroenterology

Serum X-C Motif Chemokine Ligand 1 Is Associated with Endoscopic Activity in Crohn's Disease: A Clinical Biomarker Study.

Patients and clinicians want blood or noninvasive tests that reflect what is seen on colonoscopy. This study identifies XCL1 as a blood biomarker candidate associated with endoscopic activity in Crohn's disease, though...

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Pitfalls in the Diagnosis and Classification of Crohn's Disease: Misdiagnosis, Overdiagnosis, and Misclassification.
The Turkish journal of gastroenterology : the official journal of Turkish Society of Gastroenterology

Pitfalls in the Diagnosis and Classification of Crohn's Disease: Misdiagnosis, Overdiagnosis, and Misclassification.

Accurate diagnosis and classification affect treatment choices and risks—misdiagnosis can lead to unnecessary immunosuppression, while misclassification can under-recognize severe or proximal disease that needs different...

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Validation and Reliability of the Turkish Version of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease-Disk in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
The Turkish journal of gastroenterology : the official journal of Turkish Society of Gastroenterology

Validation and Reliability of the Turkish Version of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease-Disk in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

Validated patient-reported measures help track how IBD affects daily function and well-being. A Turkish IBD-Disk gives clinicians and researchers a standardized way to measure patient-perceived disease burden and monitor...

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Risk factors for postoperative intra-abdominal abscess following minimally invasive ileocecal resection in children with Crohn's disease.
Surgical endoscopy

Risk factors for postoperative intra-abdominal abscess following minimally invasive ileocecal resection in children with Crohn's disease.

Postoperative intra-abdominal abscesses are a common, serious short-term complication after ileocecal surgery in children with Crohn’s disease and can lengthen hospital stay and delay restarting medical treatment.

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Waiting time for surgery and health-related quality of life in patients with inflammatory bowel disease
International Journal of Colorectal Disease

Waiting time for surgery and health-related quality of life in patients with inflammatory bowel disease

Long waits for IBD-related surgery were linked to poorer quality of life in this study, especially when waiting exceeded 1 year. That suggests delays could meaningfully affect daily functioning for people with Crohn’s or...

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The prevalence and impacts of NUDT15 variants in pediatric-onset inflammatory bowel disease patients in Taiwan.
Pediatrics and neonatology

The prevalence and impacts of NUDT15 variants in pediatric-onset inflammatory bowel disease patients in Taiwan.

NUDT15 gene variants can strongly increase the risk of neutropenia from thiopurine drugs used in IBD. Knowing a child’s NUDT15 status could help prevent serious low white blood cell counts by guiding drug choice or...

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Synthesis of Bis-Schiff Base Reagents and their Application in the Spectrophotometric Determination of Mesalazine via Azo Dye Formation
Journal of the Turkish Chemical Society Section A Chemistry

Synthesis of Bis-Schiff Base Reagents and their Application in the Spectrophotometric Determination of Mesalazine via Azo Dye Formation

Reliable, low‑cost lab methods to measure mesalazine in tablets help ensure pharmaceutical quality and correct dosing of 5‑ASA drugs used in ulcerative colitis and IBD.

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Gene and microRNA Expression Profiling in Experimental Colitis and Human Ulcerative Colitis: Effects of STAT6 Knockout and Corylus avellana Treatment
International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Gene and microRNA Expression Profiling in Experimental Colitis and Human Ulcerative Colitis: Effects of STAT6 Knockout and Corylus avellana Treatment

This study maps gene and microRNA changes linked to ulcerative colitis and tests how deleting STAT6 or treating mice with Corylus avellana extract shifts those molecular signatures. Identifying such molecular players may...

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Baseline mucosal transcriptomic endotypes stratify healing capacity and biologic therapy outcomes in ulcerative colitis: an integrative multi-cohort study
Frontiers in Pharmacology

Baseline mucosal transcriptomic endotypes stratify healing capacity and biologic therapy outcomes in ulcerative colitis: an integrative multi-cohort study

If baseline mucosal gene-expression patterns can identify patients more likely to achieve mucosal healing across drug classes, those patterns could eventually help personalize treatment selection or stratify patients in...

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Subcutaneous versus intravenous double-dose infliximab for dose intensification in young adults with Crohn's disease: a prospective comparative study.
Digestive and liver disease : official journal of the Italian Society of Gastroenterology and the Italian Association for the Study of the Liver

Subcutaneous versus intravenous double-dose infliximab for dose intensification in young adults with Crohn's disease: a prospective comparative study.

This study addresses a common problem in Crohn's patients on infliximab: low drug levels despite IV dosing. It suggests switching to a subcutaneous infliximab formulation can raise and stabilize trough concentrations...

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IL ‐10‐secreting engineered macrophages alleviate DSS ‐induced colitis with macrophage phenotypic modulation and gut microbiota remodeling in mice
Bioengineering & Translational Medicine

IL ‐10‐secreting engineered macrophages alleviate DSS ‐induced colitis with macrophage phenotypic modulation and gut microbiota remodeling in mice

The findings describe a novel cell‑based IL‑10 delivery strategy that reduced experimental colitis and altered gut microbiota—an approach that could inform future IBD therapies research.

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Postoperative monitoring in Crohn’s disease: A multimodal machine learning model for predicting early complications and endoscopic recurrence
Langenbeck s Archives of Surgery

Postoperative monitoring in Crohn’s disease: A multimodal machine learning model for predicting early complications and endoscopic recurrence

People with Crohn’s disease who have had, or will have, intestinal surgery may benefit from better tools to predict early complications and endoscopic recurrence. Predictive models could help tailor follow-up and...

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Meta‐Analysis: Safety and Effectiveness of Advanced Therapies in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients With Concomitant Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis
Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics

Meta‐Analysis: Safety and Effectiveness of Advanced Therapies in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients With Concomitant Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis

People with IBD and coexisting primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) are at higher colorectal neoplasia risk and may respond differently to IBD medicines. This meta-analysis compiles available evidence on commonly used...

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Clinical Outcomes of Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease After Liver Transplantation for Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Transplantation

Clinical Outcomes of Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease After Liver Transplantation for Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

People with PSC who undergo liver transplant — especially those who have IBD at the time of transplant — remain at elevated risk for colorectal neoplasia, IBD flare or new-onset IBD, and for PSC recurrence. Knowing this...

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Efficacy and Safety of Risankizumab Among Patients With Ulcerative Colitis in East Asia: A Post Hoc Analysis of Two Randomized Clinical Trials
Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Efficacy and Safety of Risankizumab Among Patients With Ulcerative Colitis in East Asia: A Post Hoc Analysis of Two Randomized Clinical Trials

Reports effectiveness and safety of risankizumab specifically in East Asian participants from global phase 2b/3 UC trials, which may inform regional applicability of trial results for people with moderate-to-severe...

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Endoscopic and histologic healing distribution and persistent rectosigmoiditis in moderate-to-severe ulcerative colitis
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Endoscopic and histologic healing distribution and persistent rectosigmoiditis in moderate-to-severe ulcerative colitis

If you have moderate-to-severe UC and are treated with adalimumab (or other therapies), this study suggests the rectum may be slower or less likely to reach endoscopic and histologic healing than more proximal colon...

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Blood Neutrophil to Lymphocyte Ratio as a Marker of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Severity in Iranian Adults: a Cross-Sectional Survey
Middle East journal of digestive diseases

Blood Neutrophil to Lymphocyte Ratio as a Marker of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Severity in Iranian Adults: a Cross-Sectional Survey

Based on the title and source metadata, this appears to be a clinical study related to Inflammatory bowel disease and Tests and monitoring. The original article is from Middle East journal of digestive diseases.

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Assessing inflammation and predicting relapse in ulcerative colitis is more accurate when performed by IBD specialized gastroenterologists
Crohn's & colitis 360

Assessing inflammation and predicting relapse in ulcerative colitis is more accurate when performed by IBD specialized gastroenterologists

Based on the title and source metadata, this appears to be a patient education related to Ulcerative colitis, Inflammatory bowel disease, and Tests and monitoring. The original article is from Crohn's & colitis 360.

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Integrative Analysis of Whole Exome Sequencing and Gene Expression to Uncover Genetic Mechanisms in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Genes

Integrative Analysis of Whole Exome Sequencing and Gene Expression to Uncover Genetic Mechanisms in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Identifying genes and pathways involved in IBD can point to new biological mechanisms, potential biomarkers, and future targets for research that may eventually inform diagnosis or treatment.

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Safety and tolerability of anti-toll-like receptor 3, monoclonal antibody PRV-300 in patients with moderate-to-severe ulcerative colitis: a randomized phase 1B clinical trial (PULSE).
Journal of Crohn's & colitis

Safety and tolerability of anti-toll-like receptor 3, monoclonal antibody PRV-300 in patients with moderate-to-severe ulcerative colitis: a randomized phase 1B clinical trial (PULSE).

This trial tested a new monoclonal antibody directed at TLR3 in moderate-to-severe ulcerative colitis to see if it is safe and biologically active.

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Noninvasive evaluation of liver fibrosis in newly diagnosed pediatric Crohn's disease: Elastography and fibrotic biomarkers at diagnosis.
Advances in clinical and experimental medicine : official organ Wroclaw Medical University

Noninvasive evaluation of liver fibrosis in newly diagnosed pediatric Crohn's disease: Elastography and fibrotic biomarkers at diagnosis.

Parents and clinicians often worry about liver disease when children are diagnosed with Crohn's. This study suggests advanced liver fibrosis is uncommon at diagnosis, but elastography and fibrotic biomarkers can be...

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