Intestinal Research

‘Intestinal Research’ (Intest Res) is the joint official publication of the Asian Organization for Crohn's and Colitis (AOCC), Chinese Society of IBD (CSIBD), Japanese Society for IBD (JSIBD), Korean Association for the Study of Intestinal Diseases (KASID), Taiwan Society of IBD (TSIBD) and Colitis Crohn's Foundation (India) (CCF, india).

The aim of the Journal is to provide broad and in-depth analysis of intestinal diseases, especially inflammatory bowel disease, which shows increasing tendency and significance.As a Journal specialized in clinical and translational research in gastroenterology, it encompasses multiple aspects of diseases originated from the small and large intestines.

Focused Review: Colorectal Cancer

July 27, 2018

Genetic and epigenetic alterations of colorectal cancer

Sung Noh Hong

Intest Res. 2018;16(3):327-337.

Colorectal cancer (CRC) arise from multi-step carcinogenesis due to genetic mutations and epigenetic modifications of human genome. Genetic mutations and epigenetic modifications were originally established as 2 independent mechanisms contributing...

Focused Review: Colorectal Cancer

July 27, 2018

Intestinal microbiota, chronic inflammation, and colorectal cancer

Chan Hyuk Park, Chang Soo Eun, Dong Soo Han

Intest Res. 2018;16(3):338-345.

In addition to genetic and epigenetic factors, various environmental factors, including diet, play important roles in the development of colorectal cancer (CRC). Recently, there is increasing interest in the intestinal...

Focused Review: Colorectal Cancer

July 27, 2018

Impact of microbiota in colorectal carcinogenesis: lessons from experimental models

Linda Chia-Hui Yu, Shu-Chen Wei, Yen-Hsuan Ni

Intest Res. 2018;16(3):346-357.

A role of gut microbiota in colorectal cancer (CRC) growth was first suggested in germ-free rats almost 50 years ago, and the existence of disease-associated bacteria (termed pathobionts) had becoming...

Focused Review: Colorectal Cancer

July 27, 2018

Serrated neoplasia pathway as an alternative route of colorectal cancer carcinogenesis

Soon Young Kim, Tae Il Kim

Intest Res. 2018;16(3):358-365.

In the past two decades, besides conventional adenoma pathway, a subset of colonic lesions, including hyperplastic polyps, sessile serrated adenoma/polyps, and traditional serrated adenomas have been suggested as precancerous lesions...

Review

July 27, 2018

What's app? Electronic health technology in inflammatory bowel disease

Alissa Walsh, Simon Travis

Intest Res. 2018;16(3):366-373.

Electronic health (eHealth) data collection is increasingly used in many chronic illnesses, to track pattern of disease. eHealth systems have the potential to revolutionize care. Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is...

Review

July 27, 2018

Delineating inflammatory bowel disease through transcriptomic studies: current review of progress and evidence

Seow-Neng Chan, Eden Ngah Den Low, Raja Affendi Raja Ali, et al.

Intest Res. 2018;16(3):374-383.

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), which comprises of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, is an idiopathic relapsing and remitting disease in which the interplay of different environment, microbial, immunological and genetic...

Gastrointestinal histoplasmosis: a case series from a non-endemic region in North India Harshal S Mandavdhare, Jimil Shah, Kaushal K Prasad, et al. [Epub ahead of print] Brief Communication October 16, 2018 PDF	Acute pancreatitis associated with indigo naturalis in pediatric severe Crohn’s disease Hyeon-A Kim, Hyo-rim Suh, Ben Kang, et al. [Epub ahead of print] Case Report October 16, 2018 PDF
Consensus recommendations for patient-centered therapy in mild-to-moderate ulcerative colitis: the i Support Therapy–Access to Rapid Treatment (iSTART) approach Silvio Danese, Rupa Banerjee, JR Fraser Cummings, et al. [Epub ahead of print] Statement October 16, 2018 PDF	Clinical features and outcomes in spontaneous intramural small bowel hematoma: Cohort study and literature review Eun Ae Kang, Seung Jun Han, Jaeyoung Chun, et al. [Epub ahead of print] Original Article October 10, 2018 Full text PubReader ePub PDF Supplementary Material
Clinicopathological feature and treatment outcome of patients with colorectal laterally spreading tumors treated by endoscopic submucosal dissection Young-Hoon Jeong, Jun Lee, Sang-Wook Kim, et al. [Epub ahead of print] Original Article October 10, 2018 Full text PubReader ePub PDF	The current capacity and quality of colonoscopy in Korea Jae Ho Choi, Jae Myung Cha, Jin Young Yoon, et al. [Epub ahead of print] Original Article October 10, 2018 PDF
Experience of patients with inflammatory bowel disease in using a home fecal calprotectin test as an objective reported outcome for self-monitoring Shu Chen Wei, Chien-Chih Tung, Meng-Tzu Weng, et al. [Epub ahead of print] Original Article October 10, 2018 PDF	Development and diversity of lactic acid producing bacteria and bifidobacteria in healthy full term Indian infants from Himachal Pradesh Sampan Attri, Rishi Mahajan, Gunjan Goel [Epub ahead of print] Original Article October 10, 2018 PDF
Seven days triple therapy for eradication of Helicobacter pylori does not alter the disease activity of patients with inflammatory bowel disease Shinichiro Shinzaki, Toshimitsu Fujii, Shigeki Bamba, et al. [Epub ahead of print] Original Article October 10, 2018 Full text PubReader ePub PDF Supplementary Material	IBD2020 global forum: results of an international patient survey on quality of care Peter Irving, Johan Burisch, Richard Driscoll, et al. [Epub ahead of print] Original Article October 10, 2018 PDF
Probe-based confocal laser endomicroscopy in the differential diagnosis of inflammatory bowel diseases: a case series Jung Won Park, Tae Il Kim, Jae Hee Cheon [Epub ahead of print] Brief Communication October 10, 2018 PDF	Medication non-adherence in inflammatory bowel diseases is associated with disability Jonathan Perry, Andy Chen, Viraj Kariyawasam, et al. [Epub ahead of print] Original Article October 10, 2018 PDF
Usefulness of fecal calprotectin by monoclonal antibody testing in adult Japanese with inflammatory bowel diseases: a prospective multicenter study Shiro Nakamura, Hirotsugu Imaeda, Hiroki Nishikawa, et al. [Epub ahead of print] Original Article October 10, 2018 PDF	High risk of tuberculosis during infliximab therapy despite tuberculosis screening in inflammatory bowel disease patients in India Ashish Agarwal, Saurabh Kedia, Saransh Jain, et al. [Epub ahead of print] Original Article October 10, 2018 PDF
Vitamin D deficiency is associated with disease activity in patients with Crohn’s disease Kyoung Ho Ko, You Sun Kim, Bo Kyung Lee, et al. [Epub ahead of print] Original Article October 10, 2018 PDF	Patient self-reported symptoms using visual analog scales are useful to estimate endoscopic activity in ulcerative colitis Saya Tsuda, Reiko Kunisaki, Jun Kato, et al. [Epub ahead of print] Original Article October 10, 2018 PDF
Usefulness of fecal immunochemical test and fecal calprotectin for detection of active ulcerative colitis Dong Ju Kim, Yoon Mi Jeoun, Dong-won Lee, et al. [Epub ahead of print] Original Article October 10, 2018 PDF	5-Aminosalicylic acid aggravates colitis mimicking exacerbation of ulcerative colitis Jun Miyoshi, Katsuyoshi Matsuoka, Atsushi Yoshida, et al. [Epub ahead of print] Case Report October 10, 2018 PDF
Rates of metachronous adenoma after curative resection for left-sided or right-sided colon cancer Yuk Fai Lam, Wai Kay Seto, Teresa Tong, et al. [Epub ahead of print] Original Article October 10, 2018 Full text PubReader ePub PDF	Response to hepatitis B vaccination in patients with inflammatory bowel disease: a prospective observational study in Korea Ji Young Chang, Sung-Ae Jung, Chang Mo Moon, et al. [Epub ahead of print] Original Article October 10, 2018 Full text PubReader ePub PDF
Magnified single-balloon enteroscopy in the diagnosis of intestinal follicular lymphoma: a case series Kenichiro Takahashi, Shigeki Bamba, Masahiro Kawahara, et al. [Epub ahead of print] Case Report October 10, 2018 Full text PubReader ePub PDF Supplementary Material