A fundamental function of the intestinal epithelium is to act as a barrier that limits interactions
between luminal contents such as the intestinal microbiota, the underlying immune system …

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) affects 6.8 million people globally. A variety of factors
have been implicated in IBD pathogenesis, including host genetics, immune dysregulation …

Medullary thymic epithelial cells (mTECs) ectopically express thousands of peripheral-tissue
antigens (PTAs), which drive deletion or phenotypic diversion of self-reactive immature T …

The epidemic nature of diabetes mellitus in different regions is reviewed. The Middle East
and North Africa region has the highest prevalence of diabetes in adults (10.9%) whereas …

Ulcerative colitis (UC) is an idiopathic relapsing inflammatory disease. Although the etiology
of UC remains unclear, it could be characterized by inflammation of the intestinal mucosa …

Genome-wide association studies have identified loci underlying human diseases, but the
causal nucleotide changes and mechanisms remain largely unknown. Here we developed a …

Abstract The cytokine interleukin-12 (IL-12) was thought to have a central role in T cell–
mediated responses in inflammation for more than a decade after it was first identified …

Methylation quantitative trait loci (mQTLs) are essential for understanding the role of DNA
methylation changes in genetic predisposition, yet they have not been fully characterized in …

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the gastrointestinal
tract with a multifactorial pathophysiology. Full comprehension of IBD pathology is still out of …

Inflammatory bowel diseases are characterised by inflammation that compromises the
integrity of the epithelial barrier. The intestinal epithelium is not only a static barrier but has …