Altered uric acid metabolism in isolated colonic Crohn's disease but not ulcerative colitis.

Feng ZhuDengyu FengTenghui ZhangLili GuWeiming ZhuZhen GuoYi LiNan LuJianfeng GongNing Li

Published in: Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology (2018)

Uric acid to creatinine ratio correlated with disease activity in CD. Colonic CD and ASCA positive CD had an increased UA/Cr. Effective treatment for CD patients lowered UA/Cr. Uric acid metabolism might be a novel aspect to investigate disease activity of IBD.

Keyphrases

uric acid
disease activity
metabolic syndrome
rheumatoid arthritis
systemic lupus erythematosus
ulcerative colitis
rheumatoid arthritis patients
ankylosing spondylitis
juvenile idiopathic arthritis
end stage renal disease
nk cells
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
ejection fraction