Background Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a bowel inflammation that happens in the colon and rectum. In UC there is an increased level of inflammatory mediators, one of which is interleukin- (IL-), the main chemoattractant for polymorphonuclear (PMN) inflammatory cells causing inflammation to worsen....
Current smoking differentially affects blood mononuclear cells from patients with crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis: Relevance to its adverse role in ... Background:Epidemiologic data suggest that smoking increases the risk and the severity of Crohn's disease (CD), although it may protect patie...
Inflammatory responses play a well-known role in tumor development, and long-term inflammatory bowel diseases, including Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, which are associated with colorectal cancer, are also associated with a 1.4- to 2.2-fold increased risk of colorectal carcinoma [16]. ...
A severity scale system was used to grade the severity of erosive/ulcerative colitis (EC) and its reparative consequences (persistence/diminution of inflammation; crypt regeneration). A score of 0 indicated no lesions; 1, mild decrease in crypt density and/or mild mucosal edema with mild ...