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- Cytokine Regulation of Gut Inflammation in IBD
  
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  Thomas T MacDonald, PhD, FRCPath, FMedSci¹, Iona Bell, MD¹, and Giovanni Monteleone, MD²
  
  ¹Blizard Institute of Cell and Molecular Science, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, UK, and ²Dipartimento di Medicina Interna e Centro di Eccellenza per lo Studio delle Malattie Complesse e Multifattoriali, Università Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
  
  Anti-cytokine therapies, such as the three licensed anti-tumor necrosis factor-α (anti-TNF-α) antibodies, have transformed the management of difficult-to-treat IBD patients. However, only 40–50% of patients respond to these agents, there are side effects, and efficacy wanes with time.
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- The Safety of Thiopurines: New Data, New Decisions
  
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  Laurent Beaugerie, MD, Harry Sokol, MD, Philippe Seksik, MD, and Jacques Cosnes, MD
  
  Department of Gastroenterology, AP-HP, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, and UPMC–Paris Universitas, Paris, France
  
  Thiopurines are widely used, for prolonged periods, as maintenance treatment in Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. Some safety concerns including blood toxicity, immunoallergic reactions, and teratogenicity have been recognized since the early development of these drugs. These established safety issues are updated in the present review.
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- Risks of Radiation Injury in IBD Patients
  
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  Adam B Kaufman, MD, and David T Rubin, MD
  
  Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, Section of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
  
  IBD is a chronic and recurring disease involving the gastrointestinal tract with associated potential complications and extra-intestinal manifestations. Patients often require extensive and repetitive diagnostic medical imaging procedures to evaluate the extent of the disease and possible complications over long periods of time.
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- Treatment strategies and research
  
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- Gut Microflora in IBD
  
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- Pathogenesis research
  
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- Clinical observations and research
  
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- Translating IBD genetics
  
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- Epidemiology
  
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- Drug safety
  
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- Diagnosis
  
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- Miscellaneous
  
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- Report from the 5th Congress  of the European Crohn’s and  Colitis Organisation
  
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  Xavier Treton, MD¹, and Laurent Peyrin-Biroulet, MD, PhD²
  
  Prague, Czech Republic, February 25–27, 2010
  ¹INSERM, U773, Paris, University of Paris 7; and Gastroenterology Department, Beaujon Hospital, Clichy; ²INSERM, U954, and Department of Hepatogastroenterology, University Hospital of Nancy, Nancy, France
  
  The 5th European Crohn’s and Colitis Organisation (ECCO) Congress was held in Prague, Czech Republic, from February 25–27, 2010. Its success continues unabated with >2500 gastroenterologists gathering for this key annual event. A selection of original basic and clinical communications is reported herein.
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- Report from the British Society  of Gastroenterology (BSG)  Annual Meeting 2010
  
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  Vikki Garrick, BSc, and Richard K Russell, PhD
  
  Liverpool, UK, March 22–26, 2010
  Department of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Yorkhill Children’s Hospital, Glasgow, UK
  
  This year, the Annual Meeting of the British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG) was held in Liverpool for the first time. The venue for the meeting was the Echo Arena/BT conference centre in the Docklands area of the city, with a meeting program that, in addition to IBD presentations, boasted several presentations by Nobel Prize winners. This report focuses on the key IBD-related presentations at the meeting.
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in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Monitor (Volume 10 Issue 4 / Leading Articles)

Thomas T MacDonald, PhD, FRCPath, FMedSci1, Iona Bell, MD1, and Giovanni Monteleone, MD2

in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Monitor (Volume 10 Issue 4 / Leading Articles)

Laurent Beaugerie, MD, Harry Sokol, MD, Philippe Seksik, MD, and Jacques Cosnes, MD

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Adam B Kaufman, MD, and David T Rubin, MD

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Thomas T MacDonald, PhD, FRCPath, FMedSci¹, Iona Bell, MD¹, and Giovanni Monteleone, MD²

Xavier Treton, MD¹, and Laurent Peyrin-Biroulet, MD, PhD²

Thomas T MacDonald, PhD, FRCPath, FMedSci¹, Iona Bell, MD¹, and Giovanni Monteleone, MD²

Xavier Treton, MD¹, and Laurent Peyrin-Biroulet, MD, PhD²