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SUBMITTER: Jones-Hall YL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4361568 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Jones-Hall Yava L YL Kozik Ariangela A Nakatsu Cindy C
PloS one 20150316 3
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is associated with prolonged, excess secretions of Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF). Many patients with IBD have successful management of IBD symptoms by blocking TNF secretion or signaling. However, some patients are non-responsive to this therapy, eventually become refractory to therapy, or may develop harmful side-effects [corrected]. Alterations in the microbiota that are associated with the lack of TNF could be a contributing cause of this therapeutic insufficien ...[more]