Background: The incidence of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is increasing in recent years, and the etiology and pathogenesis of IBD remain unclear.Studies showed that disorder of bile acid metabolism plays an important role in the pathological process of experimental colitis.However, serum bile acid profile in IBD patients has not been reported.Aims: To investigate the changes of serum bile acid profile in patients with IBD.Methods: Seven healthy controls, 15 patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) and 16 patients with Crohn's disease (CD) at Shanghai Xin Hua Hospital were enrolled.High-performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry was used to determine serum bile acid profile.Results: No significant differences in serum concentrations of primary bile acid cholic acid (CA), chenodeoxycholic acid (CDCA), glycocholic acid (GCA), taurocholic acid (TCA), glycochenodeoxycholic acid (GCDCA) were found between UC or CD and controls (P>0.05).Compared with controls, serum concentration of secondary bile acid deoxycholic acid (DCA) in UC patients was significantly decreased (P<0.05), glycodeoxycholic acid (GDCA), taurodeoxycholic acid (TDCA) in CD patients were significantly decreased (P<0.05), serum concentration of lithocholic acid (LCA) in UC and CD patients was significantly decreased (P<0.05).Conclusions: The serum bile acid profile in IBD patients is significantly changed, which suggests that it may be involved in the pathological process of IBD.

Objective To evaluate the diagnostic value of computed tomography enteroclysis/enterography (CTE),magnetic resorance enteroclysis/enterography (MRE) and ultrasonography (US) in Crohn's disease (CD) by Meta-analysis.Methods Segmental intestinal wall thickening and strengthening was taken as image diagnostic indicators in CD.Endoscopic and histopathologic findings and follow-up results were set as diagnostic standard.Retrieve and literature inclusion criteria were developed.The papers of CD diagnosed by CTE,MRE and US which met the criteria were searched and screened.The quality of the papers was evaluated by quality assessment of diagnostic accuracy studies (QUADAS).The diagnostic efficacy of CTE,MRE and US was compared,which included sensitivity,specificity,positive likelihood ratio and negative likelihood ratio,positive predictive value (PPV) and negative predictive value (NPV).Results Among the 2197 retrieved literature,a total of 12 papers met the criteria and nine of which were blinded study.The papers were grouped by three different imaging techniques and underwent QUADAS scale scoring.One paper was about CTE and MRE comparative study,so there were six papers in CTE group,the scores of all the six papers were over 10 and all of them were blinded study.There were four papers in MRE group,the scores of three papers were over 10 and all of them were blinded study.There were three papers in US group,the score of one paper was over 10 and two of these three papers were blinded study and one with unclear evaluation.The sensitivity of CTE group was the highest (89 ％),while the specificity (90 ％) was lower than that of US group (95％).The PPV (93％),NPV (95％),positive likelihood ratio (15.16) and negative likelihood ratio (0.17) of US group were the highest,those of CTE were secondary (PPV 91％,NPV 82％,positive likelihood ratio 6.25 and negative likelihood ratio 0.15).The sensitivity (74％),specificity (84％),PPV (80％),NPV (80％),positive likelihood ratio (4.18) and negative likelihood ratio (0.33) of MRE group were lower than both US group and CTE group.Conclusions The sensitivity of CTE in CD diagnosis is better than that of MRE and US,while other diagnostic indicators are poorer than US.Even though US has high diagnostic value in CD,more well designed large sample study were still needed for further evaluation.

Objective To report three cases of fulminant ulcerative colitis (FUC) treated with infliximab (IFX) and the positive result for clinical purpose. Methods Three patients with FUC were infused with IFX (5 mg/kg) at interval of 0, 2, 6 wk. Sulfasalazine or probiotics was used for the maintanance of remission. The mucosal healing was evaluated by endoscopy and patholoic examination. ResultsComplete remission was found in 3 patients with FUC. Eight weeks after IFX withdraw, complete remission was found in two of three cases demonstrated by endoscopy, except for one case died from refractory ventricular tachycardia. The remaing 2 cases showed no active manifestation during 8 months' follow-up. Conclusion IFX therapy results in complete remission in 3 cases with FUC. However, further randomized control study is warranted for concrete evaluation on salty and application clinically.