Studies of the roles of microbial communities in the development of inflammatory bowel
disease (IBD) have reached an important milestone. A decade of genome-wide association …

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

Polymorphonuclear leukocytes or neutrophils play a critical role in the maintenance of
intestinal homeostasis. They have elegant defense mechanisms to eliminate microbes that …

Our understanding of the microbial involvement in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)
pathogenesis has increased exponentially over the past decade. The development of newer …

The predominantly anaerobic microbiota of the distal ileum and colon contain an
extraordinarily complex variety of metabolically active bacteria and fungi that intimately …

Background Exclusive enteral nutrition is effective for inducing remission in active pediatric
Crohn's disease. Partial enteral nutrition (PEN) with free diet is ineffective for inducing …

The human body is colonized by a large number of microbes coexisting peacefully with their
host. The most colonized site is the gastrointestinal tract (GIT). More than 70% of all the …

The etiology of human inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs) is believed to involve
inappropriate host responses to the complex commensal microbial flora in the gut, although …

Intestinal bacteria are implicated increasingly as a pivotal factor in the development of
Crohn's disease, but the specific components of the complex polymicrobial enteric …

The cause of Crohn's disease (CD) remains poorly understood. Counterintuitively, these
patients possess an impaired acute inflammatory response, which could result in delayed …