Identification and Characterization of a Novel Association Between Dietary Potassium and Risk of Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis

Identification and Characterization of a Novel Association Between Dietary Potassium and Risk of Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis

Background:Recent animal studies have identified that dietary salt intake may modify the risk and progression of autoimmune disorders through modulation of the IL23/TH17 pathway, which is critical in the pathogenesis of ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn’s disease (CD). Methods:We conducted a prospec...

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Main Authors: Hamed Khalili, Sakshi Malik, Ashwin N Ananthakrishnan, John J Garber, Leslie M Higuchi, Amit Joshi, Joanna Peloquin, James M Richter, Kathleen O Stewart, Gary C Curhan, Amit Awasthi, Vijay Yajnik, Andrew T Chan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
Subjects:
Immune Tolerance
Crohn's disease
gene-environment interaction
Tregs; T regulatory Cells
Dietary potassium intake
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fimmu.2016.00554/full

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