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Adding value to chicory roots: Evaluation of the anti-inflammatory potential of terpenes for application in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
| Resumo: | "Inflammatoryboweldisease(IBD)isachronicgastrointestinalconditionaffecting nearly 5millionindividualsglobally,posingasubstantialpublichealthchallenge.IBD is amultifactorialdisorder,involvinganintricateinterplayamongtheimmunesystem, environmentalfactors,geneticsusceptibility,andalterationsingutmicrobiota.Upto date,thereisnocureforIBD,andcurrenttherapeuticstrategieshaveinherentlimi- tations.Apartfromtheirhighcosts,thesesymptomatictreatmentsexhibitsideeffects and oftenexperiencediminishedefficacyovertime,leadingtoarecurrentpatternofre- lapseandremission.GiventhemultifacetednatureofIBDanditsindividualvariability, thereisanurgentdemandforthediscoveryofinnovativeandeffectivepharmacological leads, toaddresstheshortcomingsassociatedwithexistingtherapies.(...)" |
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| Autores principais: | Matos, Melanie S. |
| Assunto: | Inflammatory bowel disease chicory SLs cell-based model inflamed intestinal mucosa |
| Ano: | 2024 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | tese de doutoramento |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso aberto |
| Instituição associada: | Universidade Nova de Lisboa |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | Repositório Institucional da UNL |
| Resumo: | "Inflammatoryboweldisease(IBD)isachronicgastrointestinalconditionaffecting nearly 5millionindividualsglobally,posingasubstantialpublichealthchallenge.IBD is amultifactorialdisorder,involvinganintricateinterplayamongtheimmunesystem, environmentalfactors,geneticsusceptibility,andalterationsingutmicrobiota.Upto date,thereisnocureforIBD,andcurrenttherapeuticstrategieshaveinherentlimi- tations.Apartfromtheirhighcosts,thesesymptomatictreatmentsexhibitsideeffects and oftenexperiencediminishedefficacyovertime,leadingtoarecurrentpatternofre- lapseandremission.GiventhemultifacetednatureofIBDanditsindividualvariability, thereisanurgentdemandforthediscoveryofinnovativeandeffectivepharmacological leads, toaddresstheshortcomingsassociatedwithexistingtherapies.(...)" |
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