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Microscopic Colitis Evolved Into Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Is Characterized by Increased Th1/Tc1 Cells in Colonic Mucosal Lamina Propria.
Digestive diseases and sciences - 1 Oct 2017
Li Ji, Yan Yuchu, Meng Ziran, Liu Shuhong, Beck Paul L, Ghosh Subrata, Qian Jiaming, Gui Xianyong
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BACKGROUND: An association between microscopic colitis (MC), i.e., lymphocytic colitis (LC) and collagenous colitis (CC), and inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) has been noticed. A subset of MC cases may evolve into IBD, and IBD in remission may present as MC in a histologic pattern. Moreover, MC and IBD may coexist in different regions of the bowel. A link between MC and IBD in their pathogenesis is, therefore,...
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