found that a Western style diet, hygiene, and childhood immunological factors are associated with IBD in Asia, all of which are the results of urbanization. 8,9 Studies in Asia have started to link environmental factors with changes of the gastrointestinal microbiota. 9,10 The fundamental aspects of the pathogenesis of IBD are correlated with the abnormal mucosal immune response to antigenic st...

The factors that promote the differentiation of pathogenic T cells in autoimmune diseases are poorly defined. Use of genetically modified mice has provided insight into molecules necessary for the development of autoimmunity, but the sum of the data has led to contradictory observations based on what is currently known about specific molecules in specific signaling pathways. To define the minim...

The title steroidal compound, C(31)H(49)NO(5), resulted from the selective oximation of (23R)-23-acetyl-sarsasapogenin acetate. One- and two-dimensional (1)H and (13)C NMR spectra, as well as IR data, are in agreement with the presence of a ketoxime group at C-23. However, recrystallization in slightly acidic media affords the title compound in the rare zwitterionic oxime form, as a consequence...

Background: Crohn’s disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) are two major clinical presentations of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Many novel candidate genes have been found to be associated with increased risk for IBD. Recently IL-23 receptor gene is identified as an IBD associated gene in genome-wide studies. Objective: To ascertain whether rs7517847 and rs1004819 SNPs in the IL-23 recept...