Open AccessEpigenetics of Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Unraveling Pathogenic Events
Author(s) -
Beatriz Mateos,
Cora Palanca-Ballester,
Esteban SáezGonzález,
Inés Moret,
Adrián Valdrés López,
Juan Sandoval
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
crohn's and colitis 360
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2631-827X
DOI - 10.1093/crocol/otz017
Subject(s) - inflammatory bowel disease , epigenetics , disease , medicine , inflammatory bowel diseases , bench to bedside , translational research , clinical practice , bioinformatics , intensive care medicine , pathology , biology , medical physics , physical therapy , genetics , gene
Epigenetics has emerged as a new and promising field in recent years. Because there exists a need to find new biomarkers and improve diagnosis, prognosis, and drug response for inflammatory bowel diseases, the research on epigenetic biomarkers for molecular diagnostics encourages the translation of this field from the bench to the clinical practice. In this review, we present an overview of the current knowledge and its potential applicability of this emerging field in inflammatory bowel diseases.