Cell cultures are widely used in pharmaceutical, medical, food/nutrition and biological
sciences. In food and nutrition science, intestinal cell culture models of human origin are …

Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) are gastrointestinal tract pathologies of unknown
etiology; they have an alternating trend, with active and silent phases. IBD are classified in …

Background: Nutritional support is very important in the treatment of Paediatric Inflammatory
Bowel Disease (IBD). The role of the Mediterranean Diet (MD) has been understudied in …

Abstract Models of the human gastrointestinal tract (GIT) can be powerful tools for examining
the biological interactions of food products and pharmaceuticals. This can be done under …

Background Anemia, iron deficiency, and hypovitaminosis D are well-known comorbidities
in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Epidemiologic studies have linked vitamin D deficiency …

Microfluidic intestine-on-a-chip enables novel means of emulating human intestinal
pathophysiology in vitro, which can potentially reduce animal testing and substitute simple …

Background: Body mass index [BMI] is widely used to measure nutritional status in Crohn's
disease [CD] patients, but limitations remain. Measuring handgrip strength index, in addition …

Introduction: For children with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), acquired knowledge of
their condition and treatment is integral to their adherence and self-management. Assessing …

Crohn's disease (CD) is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease that can be diagnosed at any
age. There are two major patient groups based on diagnosis of this disease, before or after …

Methods We conducted a prospective, open-label study in pediatric patients with CD (n= 78)
from January 2007 to December 2011. The CD patients were divided into three groups …