Molecular Diagnostics and Treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Disease
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Pathology, Diagnostics, and Therapeutics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 3122
Special Issue Editor
Interests: inflammatory bowel disease (IBD); target therapy; mucosal immunology; inflammatory cytokines; gut microbiota; intestinal mucosal healing; IBD murine models; tumorigenesis associated to chronic inflammation
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In recent years, many advances in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), including ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease, have emerged with a substantial impact on daily clinical practice. These new findings allowed for the introduction of new molecular markers and innovative drugs useful for an innovative clinical approach to IBD. We propose to your attention a Special Issue of IJMS including reviews and research articles regarding recent advances in the field of basic and molecular research with translational applications in IBD.
The establishment of new goals in the management of IBD and the continuation of the understanding of the pathogenic mechanisms of IBD have introduced new concepts in the areas of intestinal fibrogenesis, small oral therapeutic molecules, gut microbiota, molecular markers of intestinal healing, and molecular predictive markers of response to therapy.
In this Special Issue, we will welcome your contributions in the form of original research and review articles facing each side of basic, molecular, and translational research in IBD.
Prof. Dr. Loris Riccardo Lopetuso
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- IBD molecular pathogenesis
- intestinal mucosal healing
- gut microbiota in IBD
- fecal microbiota transplantation
- target therapy in IBD
- stem cell therapy
- biologic agents
- small molecules
- adhesion antagonists
- inflammatory cytokines
- lymphocyte control
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