Application of biomarkers in inflammatory bowel disease / 中华检验医学杂志

ABSTRACT

Recently,with the factors such as diet and environmental has changed a lot,the incidence of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) increased year by year,which has attract the attention of the public gradually.There is no simple,noninvasive and relatively specific indicators which could assist the diagnosis,diseases activity evaluation,treatment effect monitoring,and prediction of disease recurrence possibility of IBD,endoscopic examination and histo-pathologic biopsy is the most accurate method used in clinical,but it has the disadvantages of invasive and time consuming which is poorly accepted by patients with IBD.In recent years,with the further research of IBD,a series of noninvasive,convenience and high specificity biomarkers of IBD have been undergone evaluation,especially some fecal biomarkers.