Systemic Inflammation in Preclinical Ulcerative Colitis
127 Citations•2021•
Daniel Bergemalm, Erik Andersson, Johan Hultdin
A set of inflammatory proteins were highly predictive of an ulcerative colitis diagnosis, and some seemed to be upregulated already at exposure to genetic and environmental risk factors.
Abstract
A set of inflammatory proteins are up-regulated several years before a diagnosis of ulcerative colitis. These proteins were highly predictive of an ulcerative colitis diagnosis, and some seemed to be up-regulated already at exposure to genetic and environmental risk factors.