Deep in the folds of the intestine, in microscopic pockets called crypts, a quiet surveillance system is always at work. Stem ...
Patients who have undergone pelvic radiotherapy may live with low-grade chronic inflammation of the lower intestine 20 years after the treatment. This has been shown in a study by researchers at the ...
A novel study using a mouse model has found that the absence of the angiopoietin-like 4 (ANGPTL4) protein during development ...
The chronic autoimmune conditions — both considered types of inflammatory bowel disease — cause a myriad of symptoms ...
When the gut is unbalanced with too many harmful organisms, it can lead to unpleasant symptoms in different parts of the body ...
Americans are drinking less than they have in decades. But a new study on mice shows even one bottomless brunch may shrink the small intestine’s nutrient-absorbing surface and spark inflammation that ...
Chronic inflammatory bowel disease is challenging to treat and carries a risk of complications, including the development of bowel cancer. Young people are particularly affected: when genetic ...
The pleiotropic actions of the Farnesoid X Receptor (FXR) are required for gut health, and reciprocally, reduced intestinal FXR signaling is seen in inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs). Here, we show ...
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) is a long-term condition that causes ulcers and swelling in the digestive tract.