Mucosal interleukin-8 expression as a predictor of subsequent relapse in ulcerative colitis patients with Mayo endoscopic subscore 0.
Kazuhiko UchiyamaTomohisa TakagiKatsura MizushimaKohei AsaedaMariko KajiwaraSaori KashiwagiYuki ToyokawaYuma HottaMakoto TanakaKen InoueOsamu DohiTetsuya OkayamaNaohisa YoshidaKazuhiro KatadaKazuhiro KamadaTakeshi IshikawaHiroaki YasudaHideyuki KonishiMitsuo KishimotoYuji NaitoYoshito ItohPublished in: Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology (2022)
In the rectal mucosa of ulcerative colitis patients with Mayo endoscopic subscore 0, levels of several cytokines were elevated in cases of subsequent relapse. Among these, interleukin-8 expression was the most useful for predicting relapse.