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Spring 2020
Introduction: Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), which is consisted of ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn’s disease (CD), is a relapsing-remitting inflammatory condition of gastrointestinal tract. Although the exact pathophysiology of IBD is not known yet, it has been suggested that a combination...
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THE EFFECT OF β-FRUCTANS ON INTESTINAL PERMEABILITY IN PATIENTS WITH ULCERATIVE COLITIS IN CLINICAL REMISSION
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Introduction: β-fructans are non-digestible fermentable carbohydrates that are metabolized by commensal gut bacteria such as Faecalibacterium prausnitzii and Roseburia spp. By-products of β-fructans fermentation include short-chain fatty acids, shown to improve intestinal epithelial integrity and...