Effect and Mechanism of TL1A Expression on Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition during Chronic Colitis-Related Intestinal Fibrosis

Table 1

Patient characteristics of human samples.

	Controls ()	UC ()	CD ()
Mean age (year, range)
Females	4 (50%)	6 (50%)	6 (60%)
Males	4 (50%)	6 (50%)	4 (40%)
Mean disease duration (year, range)	0
Disease activity
No	8 (100%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
Low	0	3 (25%)	3 (30%)
Moderate	0	5 (41.67%)	5 (50%)
Strong	0	4 (33.33%)	2 (20%)

UC: ulcerative colitis; CD: Crohn’s disease. Disease activity based on modified Mayo score. Data are expressed as .