Inflammatory bowel disease : crossroads of microbes, epithelium and immune systems /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Novartis Foundation, Symposium on Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Other Authors: Chadwick, Derek, Goode, Jamie
Format: Conference Proceeding Book
Language:English
Published: Chichester, U.K. ; Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, 2004.
Series:Novartis Foundation symposium ; 263.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Progress towards identifying inflammatory bowel disease susceptibility genes
  • Phenotype-determining genes in inflammatory bowel disease
  • Pharmacogenetics of inflammatory bowel disease
  • Bacterial milieu and mucosal bacteria in ulcerative colitis
  • Defensins and mucosal protection
  • Intestinal mycoplasma in Crohn's disease
  • Probiotics, prebiotics and antibiotics in inflammatory bowel disease
  • The epithelium in inflammatory bowel disease : potential role of endocytosis of junctional proteins in barrier disruption
  • Apoptosis or necrosis--colonic epithelial cell survival
  • Genetic aspects of intestinal permeability in inflammatory bowel disease
  • Animal models of intestinal inflammation : clues to the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease
  • Homing of intestinal immune cells
  • Anti-TNF therapy in Crohn's disease