A Quantitative Analysis of Colonic Mucosal Oxylipins and Endocannabinoids in Treatment-Nai¨ve and Deep Remission Ulcerative Colitis Patients and the Potential Link with Cytokine Gene Expression

Abstract

The bioactive metabolites of omega 3 and omega 6 polyunsaturated fatty acids (?-3 and ?-6) are known as oxylipins and endocannabinoids (eCBs). These lipid metabolites are involved in prompting and resolving the inflammatory response that leads to the onset of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). This study aims to quantify these bioactive lipids in the colonic mucosa and to evaluate the potential link to cytokine gene expression during inflammatory events in ulcerative colitis (UC).