Yancong Zhang

The microbiome plays a central role in intestinal inflammation in IBD. It is influenced by environmental factors included diet…

The microbiome plays a central role in intestinal inflammation in IBD. It is influenced by environmental factors included diet…

BACKGROUND: Coupled with well-characterized host genetic susceptibilities and environmental risk factors, alterations of gut microbial communities contribute to risk and severity of the inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) and their subtypes, Crohn’s disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC)…