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Vedolizumab in biologic-naĂŻve ulcerative colitis: a multicenter real-world evaluation of clinical benefits and exploratory inflammatory indices
Frontiers in Medicine

Vedolizumab in biologic-naĂŻve ulcerative colitis: a multicenter real-world evaluation of clinical benefits and exploratory inflammatory indices

Patients and clinicians choosing first‑line biologic therapy for ulcerative colitis may find evidence here that vedolizumab can provide sustained clinical benefit and a favorable safety profile in a biologic‑naïve...

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Subcutaneous infliximab as a maintenance option in pediatric IBD: a real-world cohort including younger and lower-weight children.
Molecular and cellular pediatrics

Subcutaneous infliximab as a maintenance option in pediatric IBD: a real-world cohort including younger and lower-weight children.

Subcutaneous infliximab may let children on infliximab avoid regular IV infusions while keeping drug levels high and maintaining remission. Results are relevant to families and clinicians considering switching pediatric...

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The association between artificial light at night and inflammatory bowel disease incidence, surgery, and health services utilization: population-based observational studies
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

The association between artificial light at night and inflammatory bowel disease incidence, surgery, and health services utilization: population-based observational studies

This large, population-based study tests whether exposure to outdoor artificial light at night is linked to getting IBD or to later health-care use. Understanding environmental factors that might influence IBD risk or...

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Integrative Bioinformatics Analysis of Single Cell RNA-Sequencing Data Reveals Key Regulatory Genes and Therapeutic Targets in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Europe PMC

Integrative Bioinformatics Analysis of Single Cell RNA-Sequencing Data Reveals Key Regulatory Genes and Therapeutic Targets in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

The study uses single-cell RNA sequencing to pinpoint genes and regulatory networks that might help explain IBD biology and suggest new biomarkers or repurposed drugs. That information could guide future research toward...

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Diagnostic performance of fecal eosinophil-derived neurotoxin and lipocalin-2 in pediatric inflammatory bowel disease
BMC Gastroenterology

Diagnostic performance of fecal eosinophil-derived neurotoxin and lipocalin-2 in pediatric inflammatory bowel disease

Cure8 found this source from BMC Gastroenterology, but the page could not be read reliably yet. It is tagged for Inflammatory bowel disease and Tests and monitoring. Open the original article for the full details.

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Fibroblast activation protein inhibitor PET/computed tomography versus 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose PET/computed tomography in inflammatory bowel disease: a systematic review and exploratory meta-analysis with focus on ulcerative colitis.
Nuclear medicine communications

Fibroblast activation protein inhibitor PET/computed tomography versus 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose PET/computed tomography in inflammatory bowel disease: a systematic review and exploratory meta-analysis with focus on ulcerative colitis.

New PET tracers like FAPI could better detect fibrosis and stromal activity than standard FDG-PET, which may improve imaging of fibrostenotic Crohn's disease. For people with IBD, improved imaging might eventually help...

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Intestinal ultrasound in inflammatory bowel disease: diagnostic accuracy and impact on clinical decision making in a New Zealand tertiary centre.
The New Zealand medical journal

Intestinal ultrasound in inflammatory bowel disease: diagnostic accuracy and impact on clinical decision making in a New Zealand tertiary centre.

Point-of-care intestinal ultrasound (IUS) showed strong agreement with follow-up tests and often changed management the same day in a New Zealand IBD cohort. Patients and clinicians may be able to use IUS to monitor...

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Fluorescent Probes for Intestinal Diseases: Design Strategies, Imaging Mechanisms and Biomedical Applications
Advanced Functional Materials

Fluorescent Probes for Intestinal Diseases: Design Strategies, Imaging Mechanisms and Biomedical Applications

New or improved fluorescent probes could enable more sensitive, noninvasive imaging of biochemical changes in the gut, which may aid research, earlier diagnosis, or monitoring of IBD and colorectal cancer.

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Bowel Urgency in Ulcerative Colitis Is Associated With Clinical Endpoints, Health-Related Quality of Life, and Biomarkers: Data From the Etrasimod ELEVATE UC 52 Trial
Crohn's & Colitis 360

Bowel Urgency in Ulcerative Colitis Is Associated With Clinical Endpoints, Health-Related Quality of Life, and Biomarkers: Data From the Etrasimod ELEVATE UC 52 Trial

Bowel urgency is a common, disruptive UC symptom; this trial analysis shows urgency improvements with etrasimod track with clinical remission, endoscopic improvement, better quality of life, and lower inflammatory...

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Hepatic and splenic tuberculosis following infliximab therapy for refractory ulcerative colitis: a case report and literature review
BMC Gastroenterology

Hepatic and splenic tuberculosis following infliximab therapy for refractory ulcerative colitis: a case report and literature review

Extrapulmonary TB can be triggered or revealed during immunosuppressive biologic therapy and may mimic other causes of liver injury; early recognition and TB-specific testing are important for timely treatment and to...

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Association of interleukin-38 and its polymorphism (rs7599662) with ulcerative colitis
The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine

Association of interleukin-38 and its polymorphism (rs7599662) with ulcerative colitis

IL-38 and a genetic variant (rs7599662) were linked to ulcerative colitis in this study, suggesting a possible new biomarker or therapeutic target. If validated, this could help researchers better understand UC...

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Study of Oral Upadacitinib to Assess Change in Disease Activity in Adult Participants With Ulcerative Colitis
ClinicalTrials.gov

Study of Oral Upadacitinib to Assess Change in Disease Activity in Adult Participants With Ulcerative Colitis

This study will collect real-world data on adults with moderate-to-severe ulcerative colitis who start upadacitinib, tracking symptom remission and imaging response over one to two years — information that can help...

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A Study of Long-acting Antibodies Alone and in Combinations for Moderate to Severe Ulcerative Colitis
ClinicalTrials.gov

A Study of Long-acting Antibodies Alone and in Combinations for Moderate to Severe Ulcerative Colitis

This trial tests several investigational long-acting antibody treatments (as monotherapies and combinations) for adults with moderate to severe ulcerative colitis using histologic and clinical remission endpoints —...

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Linker Engineering toward NIR-II Metal-Organic Framework with Maximal Emission beyond 1000 nm for Inflammatory Bowel Disease Imaging.
Journal of the American Chemical Society

Linker Engineering toward NIR-II Metal-Organic Framework with Maximal Emission beyond 1000 nm for Inflammatory Bowel Disease Imaging.

A new NIR-II-emitting MOF probe could enable deeper, higher-contrast fluorescence imaging of inflamed gut tissue and might be developed as a targeted delivery/imaging agent relevant to IBD research and future...

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Time trends in strategies for postoperative Crohn's disease management and long-term surgical recurrence: ENEIDA registry data.
Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association

Time trends in strategies for postoperative Crohn's disease management and long-term surgical recurrence: ENEIDA registry data.

The findings suggest that over three decades more patients receive medical prevention after ileocolic resection — including thiopurines and biologics — and that rates of needing a second surgery have fallen. This matters...

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Utility of endoscopic ileocecal valve-plasty for Crohn's disease: a propensity-matched retrospective study.
Surgical endoscopy

Utility of endoscopic ileocecal valve-plasty for Crohn's disease: a propensity-matched retrospective study.

People with Crohn’s disease and fibrotic ileocecal valve strictures sometimes face surgery when endoscopic access is blocked by polypoid tissue. A new endoscopic approach (ICVP) aims to remove obstructing tissue so...

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Long-term treatment trajectories and surgical outcomes in Chinese patients with ulcerative colitis
World Journal of Gastroenterology

Long-term treatment trajectories and surgical outcomes in Chinese patients with ulcerative colitis

Shows real-world long-term outcomes in a large Chinese UC cohort and highlights that baseline disease activity predicts need for escalation and colectomy risk; points to opportunities to improve treat-to-target care.

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Presentation and Clinical Outcomes of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Children and Adolescents at a Tertiary Care Center in Lebanon.
Journal of clinical medicine

Presentation and Clinical Outcomes of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Children and Adolescents at a Tertiary Care Center in Lebanon.

This study describes how IBD presents and early outcomes in children at a tertiary center, noting high rates of inflammation, nutritional problems, and early flares. Findings may help families and clinicians understand...

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Efficacy and Safety of Oral Prednisolone and Budesonide MMX for Outpatient Induction Therapy in Active Ulcerative Colitis: A Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study.
Journal of clinical medicine

Efficacy and Safety of Oral Prednisolone and Budesonide MMX for Outpatient Induction Therapy in Active Ulcerative Colitis: A Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study.

The study compares two oral steroid therapies used to induce remission in outpatient ulcerative colitis and reports similar short-term efficacy but different safety profiles — information that can inform treatment...

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Current and novel biomarkers for predicting and assessing therapeutic response in inflammatory bowel disease: a systematic review.
Therapeutic advances in gastroenterology

Current and novel biomarkers for predicting and assessing therapeutic response in inflammatory bowel disease: a systematic review.

People with IBD and their clinicians want ways to predict which advanced therapy will work best. This review summarizes current evidence and shows that, despite many studies, no biomarker is reliably ready for routine...

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Impact of pediatric vs. adult diagnosed IBD on achievement of health care autonomy in emerging adults: a cross-sectional study
Crohn s & Colitis 360

Impact of pediatric vs. adult diagnosed IBD on achievement of health care autonomy in emerging adults: a cross-sectional study

Emerging adults with IBD face distinct challenges managing care. The study shows people diagnosed as children may know about their disease but still need help with practical self-management tasks — a gap that can affect...

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Metabolic Profiling of the Gut-Brain Axis in a Murine Model of Ulcerative Colitis with Raman Spectroscopy.
ACS applied materials & interfaces

Metabolic Profiling of the Gut-Brain Axis in a Murine Model of Ulcerative Colitis with Raman Spectroscopy.

The study identifies candidate metabolites that may underlie gut–brain biochemical crosstalk during colitis, which could point to early biomarkers or mechanistic targets relevant to IBD-related brain effects.

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Clinical indications and outcomes of pediatric gastrointestinal endoscopy in a resource-limited healthcare system: Findings from the first multicenter study
PubMed Central

Clinical indications and outcomes of pediatric gastrointestinal endoscopy in a resource-limited healthcare system: Findings from the first multicenter study

Endoscopy in this pediatric multicenter series found a high diagnostic yield and confirmed IBD and other treatable conditions; this matters for families and clinicians in resource-limited settings because improving...

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Sensitivity and specificity of diagnostic modalities to diagnose CMV in coexisting IBD in patients hospitalized with acute colitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Sensitivity and specificity of diagnostic modalities to diagnose CMV in coexisting IBD in patients hospitalized with acute colitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

CMV can complicate acute colitis in people with IBD and may change treatment decisions; knowing which tests are most sensitive or specific helps clinicians decide how to work up suspected CMV colitis during...

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Gut microbiota dysbiosis in the pathogenesis of ulcerative colitis and the therapeutic efficacy of fecal microbiota transplantation: a meta-analysis
BMC Gastroenterology

Gut microbiota dysbiosis in the pathogenesis of ulcerative colitis and the therapeutic efficacy of fecal microbiota transplantation: a meta-analysis

This study synthesizes randomized trial evidence about the role of gut microbiota in ulcerative colitis and whether fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) can help induce remission. People with UC may encounter FMT as a...

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Risk Factors and Predictive Biomarkers for Postoperative Complications in Crohn's Disease Surgery: Systematic Review.
International journal of molecular sciences

Risk Factors and Predictive Biomarkers for Postoperative Complications in Crohn's Disease Surgery: Systematic Review.

People with Crohn’s disease facing surgery may have varying risks of complications; better biomarkers and models could help tailor perioperative care and decision-making. The review signals active research toward more...

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Evaluating the Performance of the TOP100 Tool in Detecting Key Small Bowel Findings at Capsule Endoscopy.
Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)

Evaluating the Performance of the TOP100 Tool in Detecting Key Small Bowel Findings at Capsule Endoscopy.

AI tools are being tested to speed capsule endoscopy reading and help triage cases, which matters to people with IBD because capsule endoscopy is commonly used to detect small-bowel ulcers and inflammation.

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Machine Learning for Colitis-Associated Cancer in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Evidence and Future Directions Toward Precision Medicine, a Narrative Review.
International journal of molecular sciences

Machine Learning for Colitis-Associated Cancer in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Evidence and Future Directions Toward Precision Medicine, a Narrative Review.

People with IBD face an elevated lifetime risk of colitis-associated cancer; improved detection and risk prediction could lead to earlier treatment and better outcomes. AI could make surveillance more accurate and...

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Low Sensitivity of Commercial Assays for Measles Seroprotection in Adult Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association

Low Sensitivity of Commercial Assays for Measles Seroprotection in Adult Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

Cure8 found this source from Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association, but the page could not be read reliably yet. It is tagged...

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A comparative study on the clinical differences in traditional Chinese medicine pattern in ulcerative colitis utilizing multidimensional data
Frontiers in Medicine

A comparative study on the clinical differences in traditional Chinese medicine pattern in ulcerative colitis utilizing multidimensional data

If you have ulcerative colitis, the study suggests that TCM pattern labels (DCSR vs PXSY) align with measurable differences in inflammation and tissue damage, which could influence personalized symptom assessment or...

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Real-world patterns of inflammatory bowel disease treatment across adult and pediatric populations: a nationwide cohort study in South Korea
Frontiers in Medicine

Real-world patterns of inflammatory bowel disease treatment across adult and pediatric populations: a nationwide cohort study in South Korea

Patients, families, and clinicians may care because the study shows pediatric-onset IBD is more often Crohn's and that children begin advanced therapies earlier than adults. The adult persistence data for vedolizumab and...

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Nanoparticle technologies in the diagnosis and therapy of gastrointestinal diseases: Progress, challenges, and future directions.
Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry

Nanoparticle technologies in the diagnosis and therapy of gastrointestinal diseases: Progress, challenges, and future directions.

Nanoparticle technologies could eventually enable more targeted drug delivery and improved imaging for IBD and related GI diseases, which may lead to better diagnosis and less systemic side effects. However, translation...

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A Scoping Review of Endoscopic Assessment Considering Disease Extent in Ulcerative Colitis: Insights for the Artificial Intelligence Era.
Gut and liver

A Scoping Review of Endoscopic Assessment Considering Disease Extent in Ulcerative Colitis: Insights for the Artificial Intelligence Era.

Measuring both how severe inflammation is and how much of the colon is affected could give a fuller picture of disease burden than current focal endoscopic scores. For patients with UC, that may affect risk assessment...

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Responses of intestinal organoids to infection by resemble symptoms observed in Crohn's disease Mycobacterium avium .
Gut microbes

Responses of intestinal organoids to infection by resemble symptoms observed in Crohn's disease Mycobacterium avium .

The work models how Mycobacterium avium can provoke epithelial inflammation similar to Crohn's disease, pointing to possible molecular links between infection and CD-like pathology that could guide future research.

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Association Between the C-Reactive Protein-Albumin-Lymphocyte (CALLY) Index and Tissue-Confirmed Cytomegalovirus Colitis in Patients with Active Ulcerative Colitis
Diagnostics

Association Between the C-Reactive Protein-Albumin-Lymphocyte (CALLY) Index and Tissue-Confirmed Cytomegalovirus Colitis in Patients with Active Ulcerative Colitis

CMV reactivation can worsen outcomes in active UC and influence treatment choices; clinicians and patients may benefit from additional, easy-to-measure markers that flag higher risk of tissue CMV and prompt targeted...

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Potential role of PPARGC1A in linking ulcerative colitis to colorectal cancer: a novel prognostic biomarker and therapeutic target.
Translational cancer research

Potential role of PPARGC1A in linking ulcerative colitis to colorectal cancer: a novel prognostic biomarker and therapeutic target.

People with long-standing ulcerative colitis face an increased risk of colorectal cancer; this study highlights PPARGC1A as a gene that may be downregulated early in that progression, which could eventually help identify...

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Study of ectodomain of type 23 collagen as a novel marker of disease activity in patients with ulcerative colitis disease.
The Egyptian journal of immunology

Study of ectodomain of type 23 collagen as a novel marker of disease activity in patients with ulcerative colitis disease.

A blood biomarker that rises with active ulcerative colitis could help patients and clinicians monitor disease activity without relying solely on invasive tests. This study reports that serum type 23 collagen ectodomain...

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All-cause and cause-specific mortality in inflammatory bowel disease across the biologic era: a population-based matched cohort study.
Journal of Crohn's & colitis

All-cause and cause-specific mortality in inflammatory bowel disease across the biologic era: a population-based matched cohort study.

This large, population-based study suggests people with Crohn's disease have modestly higher overall mortality than matched controls and higher deaths from specific causes (colorectal cancer, renal disease, non-Hodgkin...

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Evaluation of serum human galectin 3 as a marker of activity in inflammatory bowel disease in comparison to fecal calprotectin.
The Egyptian journal of immunology

Evaluation of serum human galectin 3 as a marker of activity in inflammatory bowel disease in comparison to fecal calprotectin.

Noninvasive blood biomarkers that track IBD activity could reduce reliance on repeat endoscopy. If validated, serum galectin‑3 might complement fecal calprotectin and CRP to help identify active disease.

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