Browsing by Subject "Crohn's disease"

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    • Characterization of the novel ST2/IL-33 system in patients with inflammatory bowel disease 
      Beltrán, Caroll J.; Núñez, Lucía E.; Díaz Jiménez, David; Farfán, Nancy; Candia, Enzo; Heine, Claudio; López, Francisco; González Burgos, María Julieta; Quera Pino, Rodrigo; Hermoso Ramello, Marcela (2010)
      Background: ST2 has been proposed to be a regulator of inflammation and Th1/Th2 balance. ST2L is the IL-33 membrane receptor and belongs to the IL-1R family. The soluble variant, ST2s, is identical to the extracellular ...
    • Endoscopic colorectal cancer surveillance in inflammatory bowel disease: considerations that we must not forget 
      Núñez Figueroa, Paulina; Quera, Rodrigo; Rubin, David T. (Baishideng Publishing, 2022)
      Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), encompassing Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, is a chronic immune-mediated inflammatory disease that primarily affects the gastrointestinal tract and is characterized by periods of ...
    • Genetic diversity and virulence determinants of Escherichia coli strains isolated from patients with Crohn's ... 
      Céspedes, Sandra; Saitz Rojas, Waleska; Canto Fuentes, Felipe del; Fuente, Marjorie de la; Quera Pino, Rodrigo; Hermoso Ramello, Marcela; Muñoz, Raúl; Ginard, Daniel; Khorrami, Sam; Jorge, Girón; Assar Cuevas, Rodrigo; Rosello Mora, Ramón; Vidal Álvarez, Roberto (Frontiers Media, 2017)
      Adherent-invasive Escherichia coli (AIEC) strains are genetically variable and virulence factors for AIEC are non-specific. FimH is the most studied pathogenicity-related protein, and there have been few studies on other ...
    • Glucocorticoids impair phagocytosis and inflammatory response against crohn's disease-associated adherent-invasive ... 
      Olivares Morales, Mauricio; Fuente, Marjorie de la; Dubois Camacho, Karen; Palominos Parada, Daniela Paz; Díaz Jiménez, David; Torres Riquelme, Alejandro; Xu, Xiaojiang; Chamorro Veloso, Nayaret; Naves, Rodrigo; González Burgos, María Julieta; Quera Pino, Rodrigo; Figueroa, Carolina; Cidlowski, John Anthony; Vidal, Roberto; Hermoso Ramello, Marcela (Frontiers Media, 2018)
      Crohn's disease (CD) is a chronic inflammatory bowel disorder characterized by deregulated inflammation triggered by environmental factors Notably, adherent-invasive Escherichia coli (AIEC), a bacterium with the ability ...
    • Glucocorticosteroid therapy in inflammatory bowel diseases: from clinical practice to molecular biology 
      Dubois Camacho, Karen; Ottum, Payton A.; Franco Muñoz, Daniel; Fuente, Marjorie de la; Torres Riquelme, Alejandro; Díaz Jiménez, David; Olivares Morales, Mauricio; Astudillo, Gonzalo; Quera Pino, Rodrigo; Hermoso Ramello, Marcela (Baishideng Publishing Group, 2017)
      Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs), such as ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease, are chronic pathologies associated with a deregulated immune response in the intestinal mucosa, and they are triggered by environmental ...
    • Primary sclerosing cholangitis and inflammatory bowel disease: Intestine---liver interrelation 
      Núñez Figueroa, Paulina; Quera P., Rodrigo; Gomollón, Fernando (Elsevier, 2019)
      The association between inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and primary sclerosing cholangitis should be considered a distinct clinical entity. This association involves genetic abnormalities, epidemiological factors (more ...
    • Sexual dysfunction in inflammatory bowel disease: what the specialist should know and ask 
      Pérez de Arce Oñate, Edith; Quera, Rodrigo; Ribeiro Barros, Jaqueline; Sassaki, Ligia Yukie (Dove Medical, 2021)
      Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic condition that globally affects the health of people who suffer from it, deteriorating their quality of life (QoL). An aspect rarely explored by healthcare providers is the ...