Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: Molecular Mechanism and Therapeutics
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Pathology, Diagnostics, and Therapeutics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 February 2026 | Viewed by 4049
Special Issue Editor
Interests: animal model; mini-pig; efficacy evaluation; disease; preclinical study; inflammatory bowel disease
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is an inflammatory disease of the gastrointestinal tract that includes ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn’s disease (CD) and has the potential to develop into colon cancer over the long term. The purpose of this Special Issue is to explore the molecular mechanisms and treatments of IBD to gain a deeper understanding of the pathophysiology of IBD and new therapeutic approaches to treat these diseases. Various animal models have played a key role in the study of inflammatory bowel disease. In particular, mini pigs have become valuable animal models in biomedical research because of their physiological and anatomical similarities to humans. Animal models are helpful for studying the molecular progression of the disease and evaluating treatments, as well as future research areas including drug development.
This Special Issue welcomes original papers and reviews related to the molecular mechanisms, pathophysiology, and treatment of IBD. IJMS is a journal of molecular science; therefore, pure clinical or model studies will not be suitable for our journal. But clinical or pure model submissions with biomolecular experiments are welcomed.
Dr. Woon Kyu Lee
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- inflammatory bowel disease
- IBD
- ulcerative colitis
- Crohn’s disease
- animal models
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