Simple, Inexpensive And Objective Tools For The Assessment Of Mucosal Inflammation: Fecal Markers

UC and CD, the two major forms of IBD are chronic, idiopathic inflammatory conditions of the gut with a typically relapsing and remitting course. A prominent feature in mucosal biopsies from patients with active IBD is infiltration by neutrophil granulocytes. Moreover, the number of eosinophil granulocytes is also increased in IBD. Upon activation, neutrophils release Calprotectin and MPO, two major neutrophil proteins, while eosinophils release the protein, EPX.

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Filed under: Immune System / Vaccines on October 1st, 2008