We describe a case of a 35 year old gentleman with Crohn's colitis who responded to Faecal Microbiota Transplantation (FMT). A35 year old gentleman with previously well controlled Crohn's Disease (CD) was referred for urgent lower GI endoscopy and review, having developed bloody diarrhoea 2 weeks previously. His Harvey Bradshaw Index was 23. His primary care physician had attributed his symptom...

Direct equipartition ray design was used to construct Cd-Ni and Cd-Cr binary mixtures. Microplate toxicity analysis was used to evaluate the toxicity of individual substance and the Cd-Ni and Cd-Cr mixtures on Chlorella pyrenoidosa and Selenastrum capricornutum. The interacting toxicity of the mixture was analyzed with concentration addition (CA) model. In addition, combination index method (CI...

Celiac Disease (CD) occurs in patients with Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) ranging the prevalence of 4.4-11.1% versus 0.5% of the general population. The mechanism of association of these two diseases involves a shared genetic background: HLA genotype DR3-DQ2 and DR4-DQ8 are strongly associated with T1D, DR3-DQ2 with CD. The classical severe presentation of CD rarely occurs in T1D patients, but more oft...

The increasing atmospheric CO(2) and heavy metal contamination in soil are two of the major environmental problems. Knowledge of the Cd stress coping mechanisms is needed to understand the regulation of the plants' metabolism under the increasing atmospheric CO(2) levels. Lolium perenne L. was grown hydroponically under two concentrations of atmospheric CO(2) (360 and 1000μLL(-1)) and six conce...

Crohn's disease (CD) is a chronic inflammatory condition with uncertain aetiology. Dysfunction of immunoregulatory factors and overproduction of reactive oxygen species (ROS) may contribute to the damage of the gastrointestinal tract. Superoxide dismutase (SOD) and glutathione peroxidase (GPx) are involved in protection of cells from the damaging effects of ROS. The aim of the study was to asse...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Celiac disease (CD) is increasingly diagnosed through screening of at-risk groups (relatives of individuals and associated autoimmune disorders). The impact of diagnosis and treatment on screen-detected CD patients is poorly studied, particularly in the United States. We therefore compared the quality of life (QOL) between screen-detected and symptom-detected CD patients. ...

BACKGROUND Cadmium (Cd) risk assessment presently relies on tubular proteinuria as a critical effect and urinary Cd (U-Cd) as an index of the Cd body burden. Based on this paradigm, regulatory bodies have reached contradictory conclusions regarding the safety of Cd in food. Adding to the confusion, epidemiological studies implicate environmental Cd as a risk factor for bone, cardiovascular, and...

Escherichia coli is assumed to be involved in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) by many authors. The present Short Report was aimed at analyzing E. coli population isolated from ileal samples collected from 4 CD and 3 non-CD (control group) diagnosed pediatric patients. A total of 539 mucosa-associated E. coli strains were characterized by: Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD), adhesive and v...

OBJECTIVE To assess the incidence of mood swings (MS) and possible associated factors in patients with Crohn's disease (CD). METHODS Prospective longitudinal study of 50 patients (60% females; mean age 40.6 years) with a diagnosis of CD over a 16-month follow-up. Clinical activity was assessed by the CD activity index. Psychological status self-report tools (Beck Depression Inventory and the ...