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ArticleCell reports. Medicine2023

Characterizing the pre-clinical phase of inflammatory bowel disease.

Marie Vibeke Vestergaard, Kristine H Allin, Gry J Poulsen, James C Lee, Tine Jess

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Article in Cell reports. Medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16citing papers in PubMed
7.8field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Marie Vibeke VestergaardCenter for Molecular Prediction of Inflammatory Bowel Disease, PREDICT, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Kristine H AllinCenter for Molecular Prediction of Inflammatory Bowel Disease, PREDICT, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University, Copenhagen, Denmark; Department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark.
Gry J PoulsenCenter for Molecular Prediction of Inflammatory Bowel Disease, PREDICT, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University, Copenhagen, Denmark.
James C LeeGenetic Mechanisms of Disease Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK; Institute of Liver and Digestive Health, Division of Medicine, Royal Free Hospital, University College London, London, UK.
Tine JessCenter for Molecular Prediction of Inflammatory Bowel Disease, PREDICT, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University, Copenhagen, Denmark; Department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark. Electronic address: jess@dcm.aau.dk.
Aalborg University · DKAalborg University Hospital · DKThe Francis Crick Institute · GB

Funding

Wellcome Trust CC2219
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Understanding the biological changes that precede a diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) could facilitate pre-emptive interventions, including risk factor modification, but this pre-clinical phase of disease remains poorly characterized. Using measurements from 17 hematological and biochemical parameters taken up to 10 years before diagnosis in over 20,000 IBD patients and population controls, we address this at massive scale. We observe widespread significant changes in multiple biochemical and hematological parameters that occur up to 8 years before diagnosis of Crohn's disease (CD) and up to 3 years before diagnosis of ulcerative colitis. These changes far exceed previous expectations regarding the length of this pre-diagnostic phase, revealing an opportunity for earlier intervention, especially in CD. In summary, using a nationwide, case-control dataset-obtained from the Danish registers-we provide a comprehensive characterization of the hematological and biochemical changes that occur in the pre-clinical phase of IBD.

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Colitis, UlcerativeCrohn DiseaseInflammatory Bowel DiseasesHumansRisk Factorsblood testsCrohn's diseaseDanish nationwide registersinflammatory bowel diseasepre-clinicalprediction modelsulcerative colitis

Identifiers

PMID37939713
PMCPMC10694632
OpenAlexW4388464571

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