Studies have implicated several environmental factors in the pathogenesis of IBD. [1] These factors include smoking, which is protective in ulcerative colitis but detrimental in Crohn's disease ...

Recent groundbreaking collaborative efforts have brought the field of Pediatric inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) research to the threshold of a new era in our understanding of the pathogenesis and ...

More information: Robert D Little et al, Pathogenesis and precision medicine for predicting response in inflammatory bowel disease: advances and future directions, eGastroenterology (2024).

Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis are idiopathic, chronic, relapsing, inflammatory conditions that are immunologically mediated. Although their exact etiologies remain uncertain, results from ...