Interleukin-33 and Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: Lessons from Human Studies

Table 1

Studies evaluating IL-33 in intestinal samples from inflammatory bowel disease patients are listed chronologically with data regarding the sample collection site and the control group.

Studies	IBD patients in remission		IBD patients in flare		Controls
	Noninvolved area	Involved area; (healed)	Noninvolved area	Involved area
Kobori et al., (2010) [15]			✓	✓	Cancer patients
Pastorelli et al., (2010) [16]			✓	✓	Cancer screening
					Diverticulitis
					Infectious colitis
Seidelin et al., (2010) [17]		✓		✓	Cancer screening
Beltrán et al., (2010) [18]		✓		✓	Non-IBD
Sponheim et al., (2010) [19]		✓		✓	Irritable bowel syndrome
Sedhom et al., (2012) [20]		✓	✓	✓	Cancer patients
					Cancer screening
Wakahara et al., (2012) [21]			✓	✓	Non-IBD