Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Treatments of Intestinal Diseases—2nd Edition
A special issue of Life (ISSN 2075-1729). This special issue belongs to the section "Physiology and Pathology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2026 | Viewed by 1753
Special Issue Editor
Interests: surgery; surgical sciences; inflammatory bowel disease; Crohn’s disease; ulcerative colitis; indeterminate colitis; diagnostics
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Dear Colleagues,
The Guest Editor is grateful to the many researchers who contributed to the success of the first volume of this Special Issue (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/life/special_issues/AGI4O8D04O). We are very pleased to announce the second volume of our Special Issue, entitled “Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Treatments of Intestinal Diseases—2nd Edition”.
Productivity depends on a healthy digestive system where the gastrointestinal (GI) tract can produce digestive enzymes, include beneficial gut bacteria, efficiently absorb nutrients, prevent the growth of pathogenic bacteria, and eliminate toxins as well as unwanted substances. Patients with digestive diseases and disorders (DDDs) are susceptible to long-term complications from diseases and the medications prescribed. Why these complications affect patients with GI tract diseases differently needs further studies to understand the bottom line. The ability to accurately diagnose and/or predict outcomes would allow for personalized prophylactic measures and the prevention of pathologic outcomes. Current methods for diagnosing DDDs are painstakingly inaccurate; thus, this Special Issue—Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Treatments of Intestinal Diseases—will need to focus on understanding the associated biosignature(s) that can be used in research endeavors to understand the pathophysiology of a DDD and permit diagnosis precision as well as treatment. The pathophysiological conditions of the digestive system are complex, known, and unknown. The pathophysiology of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), encompassing ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease aetiology, remains elusive. Painstakingly, an abnormal immune response is associated with the dysregulation of both innate and adaptive immune responses, with no pharmaceuticals for a cure. We remain with more questions than answers.
We invite you, investigators in the field of GI at large, to support this Special Issue by submitting your research innovations and discoveries for publication consideration.
Dr. Amosy Ephreim M’Koma
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- gastrointestinal disease/disorders
- pathophysiology
- diagnostics and treatment
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