The microbiome can predict mucosal healing in small intestine in patients with Crohn's disease.

Shun HattoriMasanao NakamuraTakeshi YamamuraKeiko MaedaTsunaki SawadaYasuyuki MizutaniKenta YamamotoTakuya IshikawaKazuhiro FurukawaEizaburo OhnoTakashi HondaHiroki KawashimaMasatoshi IshigamiYoshiki HirookaMitsuhiro Fujishiro

Published in: Journal of gastroenterology (2020)

Fecal microbiome is corelated with disease activity in the entire small intestine in Crohn's disease patients. The predictive score proposed by microbiota characteristics was a potential biomarker for mucosal healing in the small intestine.

Keyphrases

disease activity
rheumatoid arthritis
systemic lupus erythematosus
end stage renal disease
rheumatoid arthritis patients
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
ankylosing spondylitis
chronic kidney disease
peritoneal dialysis