Curcumin, a yellow pigment in the Indian spice Turmeric (Curcuma longa), which is
chemically known as diferuloylmethane, was first isolated exactly two centuries ago in 1815 …

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic disease with periods of exacerbation and
remission of the disease. The etiology of IBD is not fully understood. Many studies point to …

Ulcerative colitis (UC) is an inflammatory bowel disease with increasing incidence in the
world, especially in developing countries. Although knowledge of its pathogenesis has …

Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) are an example of chronic diseases affecting 40% of the
population, which involved tissue damage and an inflammatory process not satisfactorily …

The last decade has seen an unprecedented rise in the prevalence of chronic diseases
worldwide. Different mono‐targeted approaches have been devised to treat these multigenic …

A diverse community of microorganisms inhabits various parts of a plant. Recent findings
indicate that perturbations to the normal microbiota can be associated with positive and …

Paneth cells (PCs) are located at the base of small intestinal crypts and secrete the α‐
defensins, human α‐defensin 5 (HD‐5) and human α‐defensin 6 (HD‐6) in response to …

Background Growing evidence supports the potential role of intestinal microbiota in the
pathophysiology of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) even if the literature does not reveal …

Chronic inflammation is defined by the persistence of inflammatory processes beyond their
physiological function, resulting in tissue destruction. Chronic inflammation is implicated in …

Although the incidence of Crohn's disease (CD) in China is not as high as that in European
and American countries, there has been a clear increasing trend in recent years. Little is …