Uncovering the cause of ulcerative colitis.

Roberts-Thomson, Ian C; Bryant, Robert V; Costello, Samuel P

Roberts-Thomson, Ian C; Bryant, Robert V; Costello, Samuel P.

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Roberts-Thomson IC; School of Medicine University of Adelaide Adelaide South Australia Australia.
Bryant RV; School of Medicine University of Adelaide Adelaide South Australia Australia.
Costello SP; Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Queen Elizabeth Hospital Adelaide South Australia Australia.

JGH Open ; 3(4): 274-276, 2019 Aug.

Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31406918

RESUMO

The cause of ulcerative colitis still remains unclear. The most popular hypothesis is that colitis develops because of a complex interaction of genetic, microbial, environmental, and immunologic factors. This editorial summarizes the widely accepted hypothesis and comments on a variation of this hypothesis promoted by Dr Roediger.

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environmental factors; genes; intestinal microbiota; mucosal immunity; ulcerative colitis

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