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Advances in Imaging Specific Mediators of Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Centre for Nutrition and GI Diseases, Adelaide Medical School, University of Adelaide and South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, Adelaide 5000, Australia
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Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2018, 19(9), 2471; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms19092471
Received: 25 June 2018 / Revised: 2 August 2018 / Accepted: 20 August 2018 / Published: 21 August 2018
(This article belongs to the Special Issue The (Microbiota)–Gut–Brain Axis: Hype or Revolution?)
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is characterized by chronic remitting and relapsing inflammation of the lower gastrointestinal tract. The etiology underlying IBD remains unknown, but it is thought to involve a hypersensitive immune response to environmental antigens, including the microbiota. Diagnosis and monitoring of IBD is heavily reliant on endoscopy, which is invasive and does not provide information regarding specific mediators. This review describes recent developments in imaging of IBD with a focus on positron emission tomography (PET) and single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) of inflammatory mediators, and how these developments may be applied to the microbiota. View Full-Text
Keywords: Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), colitis; PET; SPECT; microbiota; cytokine; chemokine; inflammation Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), colitis; PET; SPECT; microbiota; cytokine; chemokine; inflammation
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Dmochowska, N.; Wardill, H.R.; Hughes, P.A. Advances in Imaging Specific Mediators of Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2018, 19, 2471. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms19092471

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Dmochowska N, Wardill HR, Hughes PA. Advances in Imaging Specific Mediators of Inflammatory Bowel Disease. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2018; 19(9):2471. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms19092471

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Dmochowska, Nicole, Hannah R. Wardill, and Patrick A. Hughes. 2018. "Advances in Imaging Specific Mediators of Inflammatory Bowel Disease" International Journal of Molecular Sciences 19, no. 9: 2471. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms19092471

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