Detecting ulcerative colitis from colon samples using efficient feature selection and machine learning

HM Khorasani, H Usefi, L Peña-Castillo - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Ulcerative colitis (UC) is one of the most common forms of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)
characterized by inflammation of the mucosal layer of the colon. Diagnosis of UC is based …

Trial summary and protocol for a phase II randomised placebo-controlled double-blinded trial of Interleukin 1 blockade in Acute Severe Colitis: the IASO trial

MG Thomas, C Bayliss, S Bond, F Dowling, J Galea… - BMJ open, 2019 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Introduction Acute severe ulcerative colitis (ASUC) is a severe manifestation of ulcerative
colitis (UC) that warrants hospitalisation. Despite significant advances in therapeutic options …

Increased IL-17A/IL-17F expression ratio represents the key mucosal T helper/regulatory cell-related gene signature paralleling disease activity in ulcerative colitis

Y Iboshi, K Nakamura, K Fukaura, T Iwasa… - Journal of …, 2017 - Springer
Background T helper (T h) and regulatory T (T reg) cell-related cytokines are implicated in
inflammatory bowel diseases, including ulcerative colitis (UC). While these cytokines are …

Effects of AVX-470, an oral, locally acting anti-tumour necrosis factor antibody, on tissue biomarkers in patients with active ulcerative colitis

DS Hartman, DE Tracey, BR Lemos… - Journal of Crohn's …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Background and Aims: AVX-470 is an orally administered, bovine-derived, anti-tumour
necrosis factor (TNF) antibody with local activity in the gastrointestinal tract. In the first-in …

Characterizing the inflammatory response in esophageal mucosal biopsies in children with eosinophilic esophagitis

WN Sayej, A Ménoret, AS Maharjan… - Clinical & …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is an emerging allergic, IgE‐and non‐IgE (Th2 cell)‐
mediated disease. There are major gaps in the understanding of the basic mechanisms that …

Efficient early drug development for ulcerative colitis

R Khanna, V Jairath, NV Casteele, MH Mosli… - …, 2016 - gastrojournal.org
Several endoscopic indices, clinical activity indices, patient-reported outcomes, and
histologic indices are used to evaluate disease activity in UC. However, their operating …

A biomarker panel to detect synchronous neoplasm in non-neoplastic surveillance biopsies from patients with ulcerative colitis

MM Garrity-Park, EV Loftus Jr… - Inflammatory bowel …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Background Patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) are at risk for colorectal neoplasia.
Challenges associated with surveillance colonoscopy with random biopsies for detection of …

Validation of gene expression biomarker analysis for biopsy-based clinical trials in Crohn's disease

BS Boland, DL Boyle, WJ Sandborn… - Inflammatory bowel …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Background The ability to measure the expression of proinflammatory cytokines from
intestinal biopsies in patients with Crohn's disease in an accurate and reproducible way is …

Detecting ulcerative colitis from colon samples using efficient feature selection and machine learning

L Peña-Castillo, HM Khorasani, H Usefi - Scientific Reports, 2020 - research.library.mun.ca
Ulcerative colitis (UC) is one of the most common forms of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)
characterized by inflammation of the mucosal layer of the colon. Diagnosis of UC is based …

Use of Precision Medicine in Clinical Trials in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

R Khanna, N Vande Casteele - Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, 2019 - academic.oup.com
The conventional drug development paradigm consists of a rigorous step-wise process that
takes place over many years. Although this approach results in access to safe and effective …