Established cardiac magnetic resonance methods yield differences in left ventricular quantification due to variable exclusion of papillary muscles and trabeculae from myocardium. The relative impact of papillary muscles and trabeculae exclusion on calculated mass and ejection fraction is increased among patients with hypertrophy-associated left ventricular remodeling.

METHODS: The percentage of CD4+ FOXP3 + Treg cells in PBMC was analyzed by flow cytometry. Immunohistochemistry was used to examine the FOXP3 + cells in the inflamed mucosa. Real-time polymerase chain reaction and Western blot were used to detect the expressions of FOXP3 mRNA and protein in PBMC and mucosal biopsy specimens of IBD patients, respectively.

Chronic inflammation is a major driving force for the development of colitis-associated cancer (CAC).