Written by Cheyenne Buckingham, BS | Reviewed by Katie E. Golden, MDKey takeaways: Certain foods may ease colon inflammation symptoms. These include cooked vegetables, lean proteins, and some starchy foods.When you have a condition that causes colon inflammation, you may want to steer clear of foods that can cause a flare-up. These include foods high...
by Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center Control mice show the ability to clear away an experimental infection (images in the left column). But mice with impaired antimicrobial programs show increased intestine damage and inflammation (images in the right column), according to a study published in the Journal of Experimental Medicine. Credit: Cincinnati Children’s Fresh insights into...
For the study, researchers focused on all studies describing the response of patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) who received a COVID-19 vaccine. People with the disease are commonly treated with drugs that suppress the immune system and have reported concerns over whether such treatments might weaken their response to the vaccine. “We wanted to demonstrate in...
A growth factor protein produced by rare immune cells in the intestine can protect against the effects of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), according to a new discovery from Weill Cornell Medicine researchers. In their study, published in Nature Immunology, the researchers found that the growth factor, HB-EGF, is produced in response to gut inflammation by...
by American Chemical Society Higher numbers of microplastics of various shapes, such as sheets (left) and fibers (right) were found in the feces of people with IBD than in healthy controls. Credit: Adapted from Environmental Science & Technology 2021, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.1c03924 Microplastics—tiny pieces of plastic less than 5 mm in length –– are everywhere, from bottled...
Share on Pinterest Hinterhaus Productions/Getty Images In inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), the immune system attacks the cells that form the lining of the gut. This causes pain and discomfort. In a new study, scientists have identified a type of immune cell that can initiate repair of the gut lining following inflammation. Importantly, they have discovered...
Researchers seek new therapies to stop immune diseases CINCINNATI CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER CINCINNATI – In a finding that could help lead to new therapies for immune diseases like multiple sclerosis and IBD, scientists report in the Journal of Experimental Medicine identifying a gene and family of proteins critical to the formation of mature and...
Study examines why a protein mutation that causes inflammatory bowel diseases is dysfunctional ST. MICHAEL’S HOSPITAL A new study led by researchers at St. Michael’s Hospital and the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre in Canada and Zhejiang University School of Medicine in China has uncovered why a protein mutation that causes inflammatory bowel diseases is dysfunctional. Published today...
by Karolinska Institutet Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have found a way of using gene expression conserved across species to divide patients with the inflammatory bowel disease ulcerative colitis into two distinct groups. The findings are published in the journal Nature Communications, and the researchers hope that the method can also be used to subdivide other autoimmune diseases. Ulcerative colitis is an inflammatory bowel...
A team of researchers from the Medical University of Warsaw in Poland has proposed a novel, non-invasive test for screening and monitoring gut diseases such as Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. The technique uses a tiny blood and stool sample to determine gut permeability, a key marker of these diseases. The importance of our gut...
