Evidence is accumulating that both genetic and environmental factors contribute to ulcerative colitis. The most consistent genetic associations have been shown for the MHC locus HLA Class II alleles, ...

In a recent study published in Nature Immunology, researchers investigated whether stem-like T lymphocytes are involved in ulcerative colitis (UC) pathogenesis. UC is an inflammatory illness ...

"Medical Journeys" is a set of clinical resources reviewed by physicians, meant for the medical team as well as the patients they serve. Each episode of this 12-part journey through a disease state ...

Announcing a new article publication for Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications journal. Cardiovascular diseases, particularly acute myocardial infarction, are the leading cause of disability and ...

Tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) is a key cytokine involved in the pathogenesis of ulcerative colitis (UC), a chronic inflammatory bowel disease, and has emerged as a promising therapeutic target.

Your belly hurts. The diarrhea keeps coming. And you certainly don’t feel like eating. These are telltale signs of colitis. But which kind? Colitis is a term used to describe inflammation in your ...

Despite advances in our understanding of the genetic, immunologic and environmental factors that contribute to the etiopathogenesis of ulcerative colitis, there is still no pathognomonic marker that ...

Colitis and ulcerative colitis (UC) can look very similar because they share symptoms like abdominal pain, diarrhea, and bloody stool, and they both involve inflammation of the colon (the large ...

Considerable incremental progress is being made towards understanding the etiopathogenesis and improving the diagnosis of ulcerative colitis. At this juncture, however, we do not have good ...