The intestinal epithelium is a highly dynamic barrier that regulates digestion, absorption, immune responses, and communication between the gut microbiota and the nervous system.

Crohn s disease is a chronic inflammatory disease of the gastrointestinal tract, mostly affecting the ileum. The inflammation can extend through the intestinal wall and tends to be asymmetric and ...

“When patients have a flare-up of Crohn’s, they can have anemia,” says William Sandborn, MD, the chief of gastroenterology and the director of the inflammatory bowel disease center at the ...

As a part of a long-term prospective follow up study 58 consecutive patients with Crohn's ... lesions; 1, ≤5 aphtous lesions; 2, > 5 aphtous lesions with normal mucosa between the lesions or ...

It can even affect one part of the GI tract, skip over a section, and affect another section. Chronic, constant inflammation from Crohn’s disease can lead to complications like ulcers ...

A 17-year-old boy presented with a 2-month history of painful oral ulcerated lesions and cheilitis (figure 1A–C ... particularly children, with OFG. Crohn’s disease is a chronic inflammatory process ...

Objective The Crohn's Disease Endoscopic Index of Severity ... interpretation of superficial ulceration, definition of disease site at the ileocolonic anastomosis, assessment of anorectal lesions and ...

4 Sorbonne Universités—UPMC Univ Paris 06, INSERM ERL 1157, AP-HP, Hôpital Saint Antoine, CNRS UMR 7203 LBM, CHU Saint-Antoine, Paris, France Objectives Preventing postoperative recurrence after ...

The present MRI study was designed to determine how frequently hypothalamic lesions occur in conventional MS and whether they are more likely to occur in patients with active disease. In addition, NMO ...

In 2022, more than 941,600 Americans died from cardiovascular disease. Heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the United States, according to a new report. The American Heart ...

Crohn's disease is part of a group of conditions known as inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs). There are five main types of Crohn's disease, each with its own set of symptoms. Doctors define each ...

No writing assistance was utilized in the production of this manuscript. Seventy five percent of all Crohn's disease patients will have intestinal surgery at a point during their lifetime.