Mucosal gene expression profile of stricturing Crohn's disease: A preliminary study

  • Authors:
    • Cristian George Tieranu
    • Andrei Ovidiu Olteanu
    • Carmen Monica Preda
    • Nicolae Bacalbasa
    • Elena Milanesi
    • Maria Dobre
    • Ioana Tieranu
    • Teodora Ecaterina Manuc
    • Artsiom Klimko
    • Gabriel Becheanu
    • Elena Mirela Ionescu
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  • Published online on: December 16, 2021     https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2021.11072
  • Article Number: 149
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Abstract

Intestinal strictures are an important complication of Crohn's disease (CD), with ~40% of patients developing symptomatic obstruction within 10 years of diagnosis. However, there is a paucity of research examining the mechanisms driving the development of fibrotic strictures in CD. The present study aimed to identify the mucosal markers associated with stricturing complications by examining the differences in the gene expression profiles of two patient cohorts: Patients diagnosed with inflammatory CD (n=12) and patients with stricturing CD (n=9). For each patient, a paired sample of inflamed and uninflamed mucosa was isolated and assessed by quantitative PCR using a large panel of genes associated with inflammatory bowel disease. The presents study revealed a significantly increased level of four genes in the mucosa of patients with strictures compared with the inflammatory pattern of the disease: Formyl‑peptide receptor 1 [P=0.019; fold change (FC)=11.6], C‑C chemokine receptor type 1 (P=0.035; FC=5.44), IFN‑γ‑inducible protein 10 (P=0.037; FC=3.8) and C‑C chemokine ligand 25 (P=0.048; FC=3.56). The augmented expression of these four genes in the CD stricturing phenotype, if confirmed in larger cohorts of patients, could help elucidate the mechanisms leading to disease‑associated complications.
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Tieranu CG, Olteanu AO, Preda CM, Bacalbasa N, Milanesi E, Dobre M, Tieranu I, Manuc TE, Klimko A, Becheanu G, Becheanu G, et al: Mucosal gene expression profile of stricturing Crohn's disease: A preliminary study. Exp Ther Med 23: 149, 2022
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Tieranu, C.G., Olteanu, A.O., Preda, C.M., Bacalbasa, N., Milanesi, E., Dobre, M. ... Ionescu, E.M. (2022). Mucosal gene expression profile of stricturing Crohn's disease: A preliminary study. Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine, 23, 149. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2021.11072
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Tieranu, C. G., Olteanu, A. O., Preda, C. M., Bacalbasa, N., Milanesi, E., Dobre, M., Tieranu, I., Manuc, T. E., Klimko, A., Becheanu, G., Ionescu, E. M."Mucosal gene expression profile of stricturing Crohn's disease: A preliminary study". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 23.2 (2022): 149.
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Tieranu, C. G., Olteanu, A. O., Preda, C. M., Bacalbasa, N., Milanesi, E., Dobre, M., Tieranu, I., Manuc, T. E., Klimko, A., Becheanu, G., Ionescu, E. M."Mucosal gene expression profile of stricturing Crohn's disease: A preliminary study". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 23, no. 2 (2022): 149. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2021.11072