Researchers at Örebro University have identified blood markers that can indicate who is at risk of developing ulcerative colitis—a chronic inflammatory bowel disease—later in life. These markers can be present for many years before the first symptoms appear. In their study published in the Journal of Crohn’s and Colitis, the researchers analyzed blood samples from large population studies to identify a specific antibody called anti-integrin αvβ6.
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