Our data highlight the beneficial effects of this synbiotic formulation in acutely colitic mice, suggesting that it may have therapeutic and possibly preventive efficacy in human colitis.
In UC patients, appendectomy and cigarette smoking are prognostic factors for the development of EIM. The unfavorable effect of cigarette smoking on EIM is additive to that of appendectomy.
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