Liu CC, Zhang ZY. Relationship between cytomegalovirus infection and inflammatory bowel disease.
Shijie Huaren Xiaohua Zazhi 2015;
23:1784-1790. [DOI:
10.11569/wcjd.v23.i11.1784]
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Abstract
Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is a common opportunistic pathogenic virus, which causes dormant or latent infection following primary infection in immunocompetent individuals and overt infection in immunocompromised patients. Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic, recurrent inflammatory illness and patients with IBD are often immunosuppressed, through combined action of potentially malnutrition, use of immunosuppressants, etc. These factors predispose patients with IBD to an increased risk of developing HCMV infection. The number of IBD patients with concomitant HCMV infection is increasing and the adverse role of HCMV in IBD has drawn much attention from clinicians. Recent evidence suggests that HCMV may play an essential role in the progression of IBD, and elucidating the possible association between HCMV infection and IBD as well as the underlying mechanisms has great diagnostic and therapeutic implications. Here we review the possible relationship between HCMV and IBD.
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