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ArticleInflammatory bowel diseases2023

Computer-Aided Imaging Analysis of Probe-Based Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy With Molecular Labeling and Gene Expression Identifies Markers of Response to Biological Therapy in IBD Patients: The Endo-Omics Study.

Marietta Iacucci, Louisa Jeffery, Animesh Acharjee, Enrico Grisan, Andrea Buda, Olga M Nardone, Samuel C L Smith, Nunzia Labarile, Davide Zardo, Bella Ungar and 8 more

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Article in Inflammatory bowel diseases, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07121920 (A Prospective Study Evaluating Ex-vivo Confocal Imaging of Fluorescent Tagged Monoclonal Antibodies and Proteomic Profiles of Biopsied Tissue to Predict Therapeutic Response Among Children and Adolescents With Inflammatory Bowel Disease), which is not on this map. Cited by 32 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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32citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
6.9field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT07121920 nanot yet recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2025, after this paper: background citation

A Prospective Study Evaluating Ex-vivo Confocal Imaging of Fluorescent Tagged Monoclonal Antibodies and Proteomic Profiles of Biopsied Tissue to Predict Therapeutic Response Among Children and Adolescents With Inflammatory Bowel Disease

TypeinterventionalSponsorCook Children's Health Care SystemRan2025 to 2028Enrolled40ConditionsIBD (Inflammatory Bowel Disease), IBD, IBD - Inflammatory Bowel DiseaseArmsConfocal Laser Endomicroscopy
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

32 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 42 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Artificial intelligence in endoscopy related to inflammatory bowel disease: A systematic review.Indian journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology · 2024
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  7. New Technologies for IBD Endoscopy.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026
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  8. Artificial intelligence in the management of inflammatory bowel disease: What's next?World journal of gastrointestinal pharmacology and therapeutics · 2026
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  14. Artificial intelligence in inflammatory bowel disease.Saudi journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Saudi Gastroenterology Association · 2025
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  16. How Artificial Intelligence Will Transform Clinical Care, Research, and Trials for Inflammatory Bowel Disease.Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors at 7 institutions in 4 countries.

Marietta IacucciNational Institute for Health Research Birmingham Biomedical Research Centre, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-3142-9550
Louisa JefferyGastroenterology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK.
Animesh AcharjeeInstitute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-2735-7010
Enrico GrisanDepartment of Information Engineering, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
Andrea BudaGastroenterology Unit, Department of Gastrointestinal Oncological Surgery, S. Maria del Prato Hospital, Feltre, Italy.
Olga M NardoneInstitute of Immunology and Immunotherapy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-9554-4785
Samuel C L SmithInstitute of Immunology and Immunotherapy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
Nunzia LabarileInstitute of Immunology and Immunotherapy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
Davide ZardoGastroenterology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK.
Bella UngarInstitute of Immunology and Immunotherapy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
Stuart HunterInstitute of Immunology and Immunotherapy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
Ren MaoDepartment of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.ORCID 0000-0002-5523-8185
Rosanna CannatelliInstitute of Immunology and Immunotherapy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
Uday N ShivajiGastroenterology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK.
Tommaso Lorenzo ParigiInstitute of Immunology and Immunotherapy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-3398-0231
Gary M ReynoldsInstitute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
Georgios V GkoutosNational Institute for Health Research Birmingham Biomedical Research Centre, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
Subrata GhoshNational Institute for Health Research Birmingham Biomedical Research Centre, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-1713-7797
University of Birmingham · GBUniversity Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust · GBHospital of Prato · ITNational Institute for Health Research · GBQueen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham · GBSun Yat-sen University · CNUniversity of Padua · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundWe aimed to predict response to biologics in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) using computerized image analysis of probe confocal laser endomicroscopy (pCLE) in vivo and assess the binding of fluorescent-labeled biologics ex vivo. Additionally, we investigated genes predictive of anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF) response.

methodsTwenty-nine patients (15 with Crohn's disease [CD], 14 with ulcerative colitis [UC]) underwent colonoscopy with pCLE before and 12 to 14 weeks after starting anti-TNF or anti-integrin α4β7 therapy. Biopsies were taken for fluorescein isothiocyanate-labeled infliximab and vedolizumab staining and gene expression analysis. Computer-aided quantitative image analysis of pCLE was performed. Differentially expressed genes predictive of response were determined and validated in a public cohort.

resultsIn vivo, vessel tortuosity, crypt morphology, and fluorescein leakage predicted response in UC (area under the receiver-operating characteristic curve [AUROC], 0.93; accuracy 85%, positive predictive value [PPV] 89%; negative predictive value [NPV] 75%) and CD (AUROC, 0.79; accuracy 80%; PPV 75%; NPV 83%) patients. Ex vivo, increased binding of labeled biologic at baseline predicted response in UC (UC) (AUROC, 83%; accuracy 77%; PPV 89%; NPV 50%) but not in Crohn's disease (AUROC 58%). A total of 325 differentially expressed genes distinguished responders from nonresponders, 86 of which fell within the most enriched pathways. A panel including ACTN1, CXCL6, LAMA4, EMILIN1, CRIP2, CXCL13, and MAPKAPK2 showed good prediction of anti-TNF response (AUROC >0.7).

conclusionsHigher mucosal binding of the drug target is associated with response to therapy in UC. In vivo, mucosal and microvascular changes detected by pCLE are associated with response to biologics in inflammatory bowel disease. Anti-TNF-responsive UC patients have a less inflamed and fibrotic state pretreatment. Chemotactic pathways involving CXCL6 or CXCL13 may be novel targets for therapy in nonresponders.

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Biological ProductsColitis, UlcerativeCrohn DiseaseInflammatory Bowel DiseasesAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingBiological TherapyFluoresceinsGene ExpressionHumansLasersLIM Domain ProteinsTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaTumor Necrosis Factor InhibitorsAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingBiological ProductsCRIP2 protein, humanFluoresceinsLIM Domain ProteinsTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaTumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitorsartificial intelligencebiological agentsCrohn’s diseaseendoscopic molecular labelingprobe confocal laser endomicroscopyRNA transcriptomicsulcerative colitis

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