Geographical variability and environmental risk factors in inflammatory bowel disease

SC Ng, CN Bernstein, MH Vatn, PL Lakatos, EV Loftus… - Gut, 2013 - gut.bmj.com
The changing epidemiology of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) across time and
geography suggests that environmental factors play a major role in modifying disease …

Hygiene hypothesis and autoimmune diseases

GAW Rook - Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology, 2012 - Springer
Throughout the twentieth century, there were striking increases in the incidences of many
chronic inflammatory disorders in the rich developed countries. These included autoimmune …

Cross sectional evaluation of the gut-microbiome metabolome axis in an Italian cohort of IBD patients

ML Santoru, C Piras, A Murgia, V Palmas, T Camboni… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic inflammatory disease of the gastrointestinal
tract of uncertain origin, which includes ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD) …

[HTML][HTML] A polysaccharide from the human commensal Bacteroides fragilis protects against CNS demyelinating disease

J Ochoa-Reparaz, DW Mielcarz, Y Wang… - Mucosal …, 2010 - Elsevier
The intestinal microbiome may have a critical roll in susceptibility or resistance to immune-
mediated diseases. Alterations of the gut microflora after oral antibiotic treatment can …

[HTML][HTML] A review on human health perspective of air pollution with respect to allergies and asthma

KH Kim, SA Jahan, E Kabir - Environment international, 2013 - Elsevier
The increase in cases of asthma and allergies has become an important health issue
throughout the globe. Although these ailments were not common diseases a few short …

[PDF][PDF] A review of inflammatory bowel disease: a model of microbial, immune and neuropsychological integration

P Tavakoli, U Vollmer-Conna… - Public health …, 2021 - ssph-journal.org
Objective: Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs) are complex chronic inflammatory disorders
of the gastro-intestinal (GI) tract with uncertain etiology. IBDs comprise two idiopathic …

[HTML][HTML] Epidemiology, demographic characteristics and prognostic predictors of ulcerative colitis

BC Da Silva, AC Lyra, R Rocha… - World Journal of …, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a chronic disease characterized by diffuse inflammation of the
mucosa of the colon and rectum. The hallmark clinical symptom of UC is bloody diarrhea …

[HTML][HTML] Environmental risk factors for inflammatory bowel diseases: Evidence based literature review

AT Abegunde, BH Muhammad, O Bhatti… - World journal of …, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
AIM: Advances in genetics and immunology have contributed to the current understanding of
the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). METHODS: The current opinion on …

[HTML][HTML] Environmental risk factors for inflammatory bowel disease

NA Molodecky, GG Kaplan - Gastroenterology & hepatology, 2010 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is characterized by chronic inflammation of the
gastrointestinal tract and is associated with significant morbidity. The etiology of IBD has …

[HTML][HTML] The epidemiology and risk factors of inflammatory bowel disease

Y Ye, Z Pang, W Chen, S Ju, C Zhou - International journal of …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
This review aimed to summarize the epidemiology (incidence, prevalence and morality) and
risk factors of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). IBD is a chronic, relapsing, inflammatory …