Maria T. Abreu

The autonomic nervous system, with its two branches the parasympathetic and the sympathetic, plays a pivotal role in the regulation of many physiological responses to maintain metabolic homeostasis in variable target tissues…

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BACKGROUND A defective gastrointestinal epithelial tight junction (TJ) barrier has been implicated as a key pathogenic factor in inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) and other gut inflammatory conditions…

BACKGROUND A defective gastrointestinal epithelial tight junction (TJ) barrier has been implicated as a key pathogenic factor in inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) and other gut inflammatory conditions…

BACKGROUND The gut microbiome is central to Crohn’s disease (CD) pathogenesis but the relative contribution of different environmental factors to disease compositional variation is unknown…

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: A treat-to-target (TTT) strategy of striving for symptomatic and endoscopic remission is recommended for the management of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). Yet, real-world uptake of TTT strategies has been modest…

INTRODUCTION: We aimed to investigate the relationship between consumption of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) and: 1) active symptomatic disease and 2) intestinal inflammation in a cohort of adults living with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)…

BACKGROUND: Cancer is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in persons with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). We evaluated temporal trends and relative risks of intestinal and extra-intestinal cancers among persons with IBD and matched controls…

We have shown that Activin A (activin), a TGF-β superfamily member, has pro-metastatic effects on colon cancer cells…

SOCIETY: AGA

Perturbations in the gut mucosal immune response contributes to IBD. Non-immune cell popopulations including epithelial and stromal cells also play an important role in intestinal inflammation…

SOCIETY: AGA The AGA Presidential Plenary is designed to highlight timely, high-impact research and the role of AGA. The plenary program will feature a series of panel discussions on the future of GI healthcare and innovations in how we treat, disseminate, and teach…

BACKGROUND: Although incidence of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) is rising in underrepresented populations, including Hispanics, genetic studies of IBD have primarily focused on Northern European ancestral populations…

SOCIETY: AGA

OBJECTIVE:The rapid emergence of IBD in newly industrialized regions supports the importance of environmental risk factors in disease etiology…

BACKGROUND: Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) are characterized by dysbiosis, defects in epithelial barrier function, and increased redox stress…

BACKGROUND: Crohn’s disease (CD) is characterized by chronic intestinal inflammation and dysbiosis. Diet plays a pivotal role in the development of CD and recent studies highlight the feasibility and effectiveness of specific diet interventions in improving symptoms…

Introduction: Diet plays an important role in ulcerative colitis (UC) yet there are no studies examining the role of diet as adjunctive therapy to medication…

BACKGROUND: Ulcerative colitis (UC) is associated with dysbiosis and an increased risk of colon cancer over time. Non-invasive methods of identifying UC patients at risk of developing CAC do not exist…

SOCIETY: AGA The session entitled, the American Gastroenterology Association Gender Equity Project, will introduce the AGA's framework for achieving gender equity in gastroenterology…