The viability of human colonic epithelial cells in the cultures was assessed by propidium iodide (PI, 7 μM) and Hoechst 33342 (4 μg/ml) staining using a fluorescence microscope (OLYMPUS IX71S1F ...

Ulcerative colitis is an inflammatory bowel disease that is characterized by chronic inflammation of the colon. The direct cause of the disease is unknown, but patients are commonly treated with ...

The intestinal epithelium ... patients with Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis exhibit heightened ER stress markers. Dysfunction of Paneth and goblet cells, essential for antimicrobial defense ...

When this microbial balance is disturbed, it can contribute to the development of chronic diseases like ulcerative colitis (UC ... differentiation of intestinal stem cells.