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. 2020 Nov 17;53(5):905-907.
doi: 10.1016/j.immuni.2020.10.018.

Creeping Fat in Crohn's Disease: Innocuous or innocuum?

Peter Smith  1 , Cécile Bénézech  2
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Creeping Fat in Crohn's Disease: Innocuous or innocuum?

Peter Smith et al. Immunity. .
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Abstract

In Crohn's disease, the characteristic expansion of mesenteric tissue on sites of intestinal inflammation is known as creeping fat. In a recent issue of Cell, Ha et al. report that translocation of gut bacteria to the mesenteries is associated with the formation of creeping fat.

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  • Translocation of Viable Gut Microbiota to Mesenteric Adipose Drives Formation of Creeping Fat in Humans.
    Ha CWY, Martin A, Sepich-Poore GD, Shi B, Wang Y, Gouin K, Humphrey G, Sanders K, Ratnayake Y, Chan KSL, Hendrick G, Caldera JR, Arias C, Moskowitz JE, Ho Sui SJ, Yang S, Underhill D, Brady MJ, Knott S, Kaihara K, Steinbaugh MJ, Li H, McGovern DPB, Knight R, Fleshner P, Devkota S. Ha CWY, et al. Cell. 2020 Oct 29;183(3):666-683.e17. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2020.09.009. Epub 2020 Sep 28. Cell. 2020. PMID: 32991841 Free PMC article.

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