scholarly journals Serologic testing of a panel of five antibodies in inflammatory bowel diseases: Diagnostic value and correlation with disease phenotype

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 401-410 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhi-Zhi Wang ◽  
Ke Shi ◽  
Jie Peng
Keyword(s):  
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases ◽  
Diagnostic Value ◽  
Disease Phenotype ◽  
Serologic Testing ◽  
Bowel Diseases ◽  
Inflammatory Bowel

scholarly journals Imaging in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases - Magnetic Resonance Imaging

2015 ◽  
Vol 33 (Suppl. 1) ◽  
pp. 26-31
Author(s):  
Hans Herfarth ◽  
Andreas G. Schreyer
Keyword(s):  
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases ◽  
Intestinal Inflammation ◽  
Imaging Modality ◽  
Imaging Techniques ◽  
Magnetization Transfer ◽  
Diagnostic Value ◽  
Bowel Diseases ◽  
Inflammatory Bowel ◽  
Line Imaging ◽  
Sensitivity Specificity

Diagnostic imaging techniques play an important role in the diagnosis and management of patients with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs). The approach should be guided by considerations of diagnostic accuracy, concerns about patient exposure to ionizing radiation, local expertise and tolerance of the endoscopic and/or imaging technique. In regard to the clinical diagnostic value (sensitivity, specificity and accuracy), no significant differences exist between CT and MRI for the evaluation of the extent of inflammation, stricturing, penetrating disease or extraluminal complications such as abscesses. Due to the absence of radiation exposure, MRI of the intestine is recommended as the first-line imaging modality in patients with suspected or established IBD. The focus of this review is the latest developments in MRI techniques to detect IBDs. Specifically, the use of new indices for the grading of inflammation or assessing bowel damage as well as innovative experimental approaches such as diffusion-weighted imaging or magnetization-transfer MRI to evaluate and quantify the degree of intestinal inflammation and fibrosis in stricturing Crohn's disease are discussed.

Increased serum nesfatin-1 levels in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases

2021 ◽  
pp. postgradmedj-2020-139227
Author(s):  
Şengül Beyaz ◽  
Erdem Akbal
Keyword(s):  
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases ◽  
Inflammatory Diseases ◽  
Inflammatory Marker ◽  
White Cell Count ◽  
Characteristic Curve ◽  
Diagnostic Value ◽  
Healthy Individuals ◽  
Altered Expression ◽  
Bowel Diseases ◽  
Inflammatory Bowel

BackgroundAdipokines are adipose tissue–derived secreted molecules that can exert anti-inflammatory or proinflammatory activities. Altered expression of adipokines has been described in various inflammatory diseases, including inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs) such as Crohn’s disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC). Little is known about nesfatin-1, a recently identified adipokine, in IBD. The aim of this study was to investigate serum nesfatin-1 levels in patients with IBD.MethodsThis study included a total of 52 adult individuals (17 patients with CD, 18 patients with UC and 17 healthy volunteers) with similar age and body mass index. Serum nesfatin-1 levels were measured by ELISA in healthy individuals and patients with IBD in their active and remission periods. Blood inflammation markers including C reactive protein (CRP), erythrocyte sedimentation (ESR) and white cell count (WCC) were also measured in patients.ResultsWe found significantly elevated levels of serum nesfatin-1 in the active disease period in both patients with CD (p=0.00003) and patients with UC (p=0.00001), compared with healthy individuals. Serum nesfatin-1 levels moderately decreased in the remission period; however, they were still significantly higher than that of healthy individuals. Receiver operating characteristic curve analyses indicated serum nesfatin-1 with an excellent diagnostic value for IBD. Finally, patients had significantly high CRP, ESR and WCC in the active IBD; however, we found the nesfatin-1 strongly correlated only with ESR in the active CD.ConclusionThis is the first study investigating the circulating levels of nesfatin-1 in patients with IBD. Serum nesfatin-1 may serve as an additional inflammatory marker for diagnosis of IBD in affected individuals.

Incidence, disease phenotype at diagnosis, and early disease course in inflammatory bowel diseases in Western Hungary, 2002–2006

2011 ◽  
Vol 17 (12) ◽  
pp. 2558-2565 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laszlo Lakatos ◽  
Lajos S. Kiss ◽  
Gyula David ◽  
Tunde Pandur ◽  
Zsuzsanna Erdelyi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases ◽  
Disease Course ◽  
Disease Phenotype ◽  
Early Disease ◽  
Bowel Diseases ◽  
Inflammatory Bowel

scholarly journals DIAGNOSTIC VALUE OF INTERLEUKIN-6 AND D-DIMER IN INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES

2021 ◽  
pp. 92-96
Author(s):  
А. P. Lutsyk ◽  
D. V. Shorikova
Keyword(s):  
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases ◽  
Interleukin 6 ◽  
Roc Analysis ◽  
Diagnostic Value ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Active Process ◽  
Montreal Classification ◽  
Bowel Diseases ◽  
Inflammatory Bowel ◽  
D Dimer

The article deals with the diagnostic value of changes in the content of interleukin-6 and D-dimer in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) - Ulcerative Colitis (UC) and Crohn Disease (CD). Materials and methods: We have studied 34 patients with UC and 18 people with CD with continuously recurrent course. There are also analysed data of 15 patients with UC and 15 patients with CD in period of the remission. The control group included 30 healthy volunteers. Clinical, endoscopic examination, an immunoassay determination of the content of interleukin-6 (IL-6) and D-dimer, was carried out. CD activity was assessed using the Chron’s disease activity index. The localization of CD was established according to the Montreal classification. The clinical activity of the disease in patients with UC was determined using the classification according to Truelove-Witts. The value of the index consisted of the sum of points for each indicator, which allowed determining the activity of the inflammatory process. Statistical processing was performed using STATISTICA 10.0 (StatSoft. Inc., USA), at p<0.05, the discrepancies between the obtained data were considered statistically significant. Research results. According to the obtained data, mild activity was found in 7 patients with UC (20.6%) and 4 - with CD (22.3%), moderate severity - in 17 (50.0%) and 8 (44.4%) patients, severe - in 10 (29.4%) and 6 (33.3%) patients. In the remission stage, 15 patients with UC and 15 patients with CD were examined. According to the Montreal classification, lesions of the upper gastrointestinal tract (L4) were observed in 4 patients with CD (22.2%), terminal ileitis (L1) occurred in 10 patients (55.6%), 4 patients were diagnosed with ileocolitis (L3) - 22.2%. It has been established that patients with an active course of UC and CD had a higher level of proinflammatory markers and thrombosis markers (D-dimer and IL-6) compared with inactive course and control group (p<0.05). The D-dimer content in UC was 690±315 pg/l. It is confirmed the increase of the content of this marker in 2.55 times compared to control group and in 1.43 times than inactive course of the disease respectively. The level of IL-6 at active in course of UC was 3.36±1.78 pg/ml, increasing in 2.07 times against control and in 1.72 times compared with group of remission. In the active course of CD, the level of D-dimer reached 720±267 pg/ml, increasing in 2.67 times in relation to control and in 1.60 times with respect to patients under remission. The content of IL-6 in the active course of CD reached 4.07±2.17 pg/ml, increasing in 2.85 times in comparison to healthy individuals and in 2.83 times relatively patients with remission. While using the ROC-analysis, the most sensitive value as a “cut point” for the diagnosis of the active process in the course of IBD can be considered the content of the D-dimer in an amount of more than 650 pg/l. The calculated AUC in ROC-analysis for the IL-6 content was 73.7%±6.14% (61.7 - 85.7, p<0.001), indicating the prognostic value of the model. The values of the IL-6 content of more than 2.80 pg/ml are diagnostically significant to predict the active process in IBD.

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