Maria Alejandra Quintero

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…

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)…

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

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…

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…