USE OF METABOLOMICS TO THE DIAGNOSIS OF INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE.
Manoel Alvaro de Freitas Lins NetoGiulia Maria Ximenes VerdiArthur de Oliveira VerasMatheus de Oliveira VerasLuiz Carlos CaetanoJeferson Santana UrsulinoPublished in: Arquivos de gastroenterologia (2021)
The results showed different metabolic profiles between IBD patients and healthy volunteers based on 1H-NMR analysis of fecal extracts. Moreover, the approach discriminated patients with Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. The metabolomics analysis is promising as a novel diagnostic technique for further IBD recognition and surveillance. New studies are necessary to validate these findings.