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Expression of immune-related genes in rectum and colon descendens of Irritable Bowel Syndrome patients is unrelated to clinical symptoms.

Javier Aguilera-LizarragaMorgane V FlorensThomas Van BrusselEgbert CleversLukas Van OudenhoveDiether LambrechtsMira M WoutersGuy E Boeckxstaens
Published in: Neurogastroenterology and motility : the official journal of the European Gastrointestinal Motility Society (2019)
A subset of IBS patients reveals evidence of immune activation in the colon descendens, but not in the rectum; however, gene expression is unrelated to clinical symptoms. To what extent this subgroup might however respond to anti-inflammatory therapy remains to be investigated.
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