Making healthier and safer foods: development of a preclinical platform for testing of food components KU Leuven
Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) are chronic inflammatory conditions of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. There are 2 main types of IBD, Crohn’s disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC). The exact pathogenesis of IBD remains unclear, but it is thought that the disease is caused by a complex interaction between the microbiome, the immune system and environmental factors, in people with a genetic predisposition. In the last years, the ...