The cellular and molecular mechanisms that maintain mucosal immune homeostasis are being defined. When these mechanisms fail, pathogenic effector T cells are generated that result in colitis. We have ...

The course of inflammatory bowel diseases is heterogeneous and varies over time. Therefore, the search for predictive factors has increasingly become the focus of research. Mucosal healing has ...

Search for predictive markers is one major focus area in inflammatory bowel disease. Mucosal healing (MH) has emerged as a major treatment objective. MH is reported to be associated with relapse ...

I first considered pursuing rheumatology because of several inpatient cases that I encountered as a medical resident. The ...

Conditions causing inflammation in any of these regions can lead to erythematous mucosa, including stomatitis, esophagitis, gastritis, colitis, and proctitis. Healthcare providers often detect ...

Discover how the medicinal orchid Dendrobium officinale (Tiepi Shihu) improves salivary gland function, reduces inflammation, ...

People with psoriasis -- a skin condition -- often have invisible inflammation in the small intestine that increases their propensity for ‘leaky gut’, according to a research Monday.

The authors of the study suggest that picking one’s nose “may” introduce the kind of bacteria that will, in the long term, cause inflammation that could eventually be linked ...