ABSTRACT
The proceedings contain 243 papers. The topics discussed include: KRT15+ tumor cells as putative cancer stem cells in esophageal cancer;the circadian timing of inflammatory bowel disease;GM-CSF autoantibodies: predictors of Crohn's disease development and a novel therapeutic approach;an INULIN-type Fructan enriched exclusive enteral nutrition formula modulates the gut microbiome and promotes expansion of anti-inflammatory T cell subsets to suppress colitis;dietary tryptophan modulates kynurenine and indole production in healthy individuals;dorsal root ganglia neuronal responses and substance p production are higher in male mice;food antigen-stress interaction leads to increase pain signaling in ileum and colon via STAT6 in an IBS model;risk perception and knowledge of COVID-19 in patients with celiac disease;pre-treatment HLADQA1-hladrb1 testing for the prevention of azathioprine-induced pancreatitis in inflammatory bowel disease: a prospective cohort study;and a high salt diet synergizes with UC microbiota to induce a proinflammatory immune tone in immunocompetent gnotobiotic mice.