Wędrychowicz A, Zając A, Tomasik P. Advances in nutritional therapy in inflammatory bowel diseases: Review. World J Gastroenterol 2016; 22(3): 1045-1066 [PMID: 26811646 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i3.1045]
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Andrzej Wędrychowicz, MD, PhD, Department of Pediatrics, Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Polish-American Children’s Hospital, Jagiellonian University Medical College, 265 Wielicka Street, 30663 Krakow, Poland. andrzej.wedrychowicz@uj.edu.pl
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Gastroenterology & Hepatology
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World J Gastroenterol. Jan 21, 2016; 22(3): 1045-1066 Published online Jan 21, 2016. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i3.1045
Advances in nutritional therapy in inflammatory bowel diseases: Review
Andrzej Wędrychowicz, Andrzej Zając, Przemysław Tomasik
Andrzej Wędrychowicz, Department of Pediatrics, Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Polish-American Children’s Hospital, Jagiellonian University Medical College, 30663 Krakow, Poland
Andrzej Zając, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Polish-American Children’s Hospital, Jagiellonian University Medical College, 30663 Krakow, Poland
Przemysław Tomasik, Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Polish-American Children’s Hospital, Jagiellonian University Medical College, 30663 Krakow, Poland
Author contributions: Wędrychowicz A, Zając A and Tomasik P contributed equally to this paper.
Conflict-of-interest statement: Authors declare no conflicts of interest.
Open-Access: This article is an open-access article which was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Correspondence to: Andrzej Wędrychowicz, MD, PhD, Department of Pediatrics, Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Polish-American Children’s Hospital, Jagiellonian University Medical College, 265 Wielicka Street, 30663 Krakow, Poland. andrzej.wedrychowicz@uj.edu.pl
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Received: April 24, 2015 Peer-review started: April 26, 2015 First decision: June 2, 2015 Revised: July 22, 2015 Accepted: September 13, 2015 Article in press: September 22, 2015 Published online: January 21, 2016 Processing time: 265 Days and 17.4 Hours
Core Tip
Core tip: Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), including ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease are chronic, life-long, and relapsing diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. Currently, there are no complete cure possibilities, but combined pharmacological and nutritional therapy may induce remission of the disease. Both parenteral and enteral nutrition is used in IBD therapy, but their practical utility is not clearly established, and the evidence is sometimes conflicting. This review presents the latest findings of research studies regarding the influence of nutrition on the etiopathogenesis of IBD, its mechanisms of action, and its use as a therapeutic method. Additionally, some potential future perspectives for nutritional therapy are highlighted.
