Gail West
Appearances
- DateMay 9, 2023Background: Mesenteric fat wrapping around the intestinal wall, so called ‘creeping fat’ (CF), is spatially linked with stricture formation in Crohn’s disease (CD)…
- DateMay 20, 2024BACKGROUND: Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)-associated intestinal fibrosis is a significant clinical problem. Excessive accumulation of extracellular matrix (ECM) derived from intestinal myofibroblasts (HIMF) is a hallmark of intestinal strictures…
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- DateMay 21, 2024_INTRODUCTION:_ Despite effective anti-inflammatory therapies, ~70% of CD patients require surgery in their lifetime, due to fibrostenotic strictures linked to excess extracellular matrix (ECM) deposition…
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