| Literature DB >> 19321388 |
Nicholas A Braus1, David E Elliott.
Abstract
Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis are chronic remitting and relapsing inflammatory bowel diseases. We present a typical case of Crohn's disease in a young woman and discuss potential treatment options. Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis likely result from interaction of multiple genetic and environmental risk and protective factors. Both are diseases ultimately caused by immune dysregulation. Medical therapy is with mesalamine compounds, corticosteroids, immunomodulators and/or biologics that target TNFalpha signaling or alpha4-integrin-mediated trafficking. Investigational agents include those targeted against other cytokines and costimulatory molecules or designed to promote immune regulation such as exposure to helminths which is a focus of this review.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19321388 PMCID: PMC2693446 DOI: 10.1016/j.clim.2009.02.006
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Immunol ISSN: 1521-6616 Impact factor: 3.969