NIH R01 · 2024
The Role of Crypt Fissioning in IBD Ulcer Healing
Program Director/Principal Investigator (Barrett, Terrence, A): The importance of mucosal healing in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) derives from clinical data that demonstrate it to be a predictor of remission1. Thus, ulcer healing predicts the capacity for therapies to prevent unwanted clinical sequelae (i.e. surgery). Unfortunately, many IBD patients remain refractory or lose responsiveness to therapies leading to persistent mucosal ulceration. Prospective pediatric studies show that reduced mitochondrial gene expression predict unfavorable outcomes in ulcerative colitis (UC)2. These findings were supported by Kugathasan et al who found that increased expression of mitochondrial…
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