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ReviewUnited European gastroenterology journal2025

Dissecting Microscopic Colitis Immunopathophysiology: Insights From Basic Research.

Andreas Münch, Celia Escudero-Hernández

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Review in United European gastroenterology journal, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Andreas MünchDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4703-581X
Celia Escudero-HernándezInstitute of Clinical Molecular Biology (IKMB), Christian-Albrechts-University and University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8906-3101

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Microscopic colitis is an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) comprising two clinically undiscernible entities: collagenous colitis and lymphocytic colitis. Collagenous colitis associates with HLA genes and displays a Th1/Tc1-Th17/Tc17 profile with pericryptal myofibroblast activity, water malabsorption and secondary fluid loss due to altered osmoregulation. Conversely, lymphocytic colitis lacks genetic associations and displays a Th1/Th2 profile and paracellular/transcellular permeability. Lymphocytic colitis subclassifies into channelopathic lymphocytic colitis due to unique alteration of ion and organic acid transport that could result from drug exposure, and inflammatory lymphocytic colitis due to the involvement of moderate immune responses compared to collagenous colitis. As microscopic colitis mucosa remains intact and immune cells seem to stay inactive, microscopic colitis is an ideal model to explore early stages of IBD if collagenous colitis and lymphocytic colitis are studied as distinct entities. Exploiting multiomic approaches and established biobanks will ensure validation of microscopic colitis patient stratification, and deepening into pathomechanisms which could enable precision medicine.

Indexed as

Colitis, CollagenousColitis, LymphocyticColitis, MicroscopicColonHumansIntestinal Mucosacollagenous colitisHLAgenesimmunopathophysiologyinflammatory bowel disease (IBD)lymphocytic colitismalabsorptionmicroscopic colitismultiomic approachesprecision medicine

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PMID40317876
PMCPMC12529012

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