Decreased Plasma Histidine Level Predicts Risk of Relapse in Patients with Ulcerative Colitis in Remission.

Ulcerative colitis (UC) is characterized by chronic intestinal inflammation. Patients with UC have repeated remission and relapse. Clinical biomarkers that can predict relapse in UC patients in remission have not been identified. To facilitate the prediction of relapse of UC, we investigated the pot...

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Main Authors: Tadakazu Hisamatsu, Nobukazu Ono, Akira Imaizumi, Maiko Mori, Hiroaki Suzuki, Michihide Uo, Masaki Hashimoto, Makoto Naganuma, Katsuyoshi Matsuoka, Shinta Mizuno, Mina T Kitazume, Tomoharu Yajima, Haruhiko Ogata, Yasushi Iwao, Toshifumi Hibi, Takanori Kanai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4608807?pdf=render