Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis constitute two major subgroups of inflammatory bowel
diseases (IBD), a group of complex polygenic diseases characterized by chronic and …

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), including Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, is
characterized by chronic relapsing intestinal inflammation. It has been a worldwide health …

In the past decade, there have been fundamental advances in our understanding of genetic
factors that contribute to the inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs) Crohn's disease and …

Regardless of how inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is defined, the term “genetic
susceptibility” is always included. Due to substantial progress in the characterization of …

The incidence of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) in East has risen over the past decade
to become a global disease. The increasing number of studies on the incidence and course …

Few of the studied genes demonstrate association with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).
Three mutations in the nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain 2 gene have consistently …

The two major subtypes of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), ulcerative colitis (UC, MIM#
191390) and Crohn's disease (CD, MIM# 266600), are chronic relapsing-remitting …

Twin studies and large-scale population studies have confirmed an increased sibling risk for
both Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC). Unlike single gene disorders, CD and …

Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) are complex polygenic disorders,
characterized by several genes together with environmental factors contributing to the …

Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs) are complex, multifactorial disorders characterized by
chronic relapsing intestinal inflammation. Although etiology remains largely unknown, recent …