Probiotics are organisms which provide a desired and beneficial effect on human health.
With recent evidence implicating a disruption in the balance of the gastrointestinal …

Inflammatory bowel diseases, namely Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, are currently
considered multifactorial pathologies in which various combined environmental factors act …

Background Ulcerative colitis is an inflammatory condition affecting the colon, with an
annual incidence of approximately 10 to 20 per 100,000 people. The majority of people with …

Rapid progress has been made to understand the pathophysiology of inflammatory bowel
diseases and to identify new treatments. Interaction of the gut microbiota on the host …

This review examined the effectiveness of probiotics and anti-inflammatory drugs in patients
with ulcerative colitis and concluded that the two treatment options appeared to have similar …

Chronic inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), such as Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis,
are recurrent and aggressive inflammatory disorders that are most likely the result of an …

The intestinal flora has a conditioning effect on intestinal homeostasis, delivering regulatory
signals to the epithelium, the mucosal immune system and to the neuromuscular activity of …

Convincing evidence from both animal models and the study of patients with ulcerative
colitis (UC) implicates the intestinal microflora in the initiation and maintenance of the …

While considerable progress has been made in the treatment of inflammatory bowel
diseases (IBD), alternative options are constantly sought by adult patients as well as …

Crohn disease and ulcerative colitis are the two main manifestations of inflammatory bowel
disease (IBD), and both are highly morbid. However, the precise etiology of IBD is still …