Inflammatory bowel disease:Pathogenesis

• Published in: World journal of gastroenterology : WJG Vol. 20; no. 1; pp. 91 - 99
• Main Author: Zhang, Yi-Zhen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Baishideng Publishing Group Co., Limited 07.01.2014
• Subjects: Adaptive Immunity; Animals; bowel; colitis; Croh; disease; Environment; Genetic Predisposition to Disease; Humans; Immunity, Innate; Inflammatory; Inflammatory Bowel Diseases - etiology; Inflammatory Bowel Diseases - genetics; Inflammatory Bowel Diseases - immunology; Inflammatory Bowel Diseases - microbiology; Intestines - immunology; Intestines - microbiology; Prognosis; Risk Factors; Topic Highlight; Ulcerative; Inflammatory bowel disease; Microbial factors; Pathogenesis; Genetics; Immune responses; Crohn’s disease; Ulcerative colitis

Inflammatory bowel disease(IBD),including Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis,is characterized by chronic relapsing intestinal inflammation.It has been a worldwide health-care problem with a continually increasing incidence.It is thought that IBD results from an aberrant and continuing immune res...