Novel Therapeutic Targets with Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
A special issue of Journal of Clinical Medicine (ISSN 2077-0383). This special issue belongs to the section "Gastroenterology & Hepatopancreatobiliary Medicine".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2025 | Viewed by 152
Special Issue Editors
Interests: inflammatory bowel disease; ulcerative colitis; gastroenterology; endoscopy; colorectal cancer; gastrointestinal diseases; hepatology
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Interests: inflammatory bowel disease; endoscopy; ulcerative colitis; Crohn’s disease; mucosal immunology
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), including Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, are chronic conditions with a significant impact on patients' quality of life. Despite advances in understanding the pathophysiology of IBD, current treatments often lack long-term efficacy.
This Special Issue aims to identify and explore innovative therapeutic targets that can overcome these challenges, focusing on immune dysregulation, gut microbiome interactions, genetic predisposition and environmental triggers. It also focuses on prognostic models for evaluating current treatments, the role of molecular endoscopy in predicting IBD progression and tailoring therapy, novel anti-fibrotic agents, and studies promoting personalised treatment approaches for IBD patients.
In this Special Issue, we invite researchers and clinicians to submit original research articles, reviews and systematic reviews that address these areas and advance the development of novel therapeutic targets in IBD. Through this collaboration, we aim to promote novel treatment and therapeutic strategies that improve long-term outcomes and quality of life for patients.
We look forward to your contributions to this Special Issue.
Prof. Dr. Konstantinos H. Katsanos
Dr. Fotios S. Fousekis
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- inflammatory bowel disease
- Crohn’s disease
- ulcerative colitis
- colorectal
- intestinal bowel disease
- mucosal im-munology
- molecular endoscopy
- fibrosis
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