Intra-abdominal fat may play role in IBD development

"The researchers observed signaling mediators from healthy fat cells were different than those from patients with IBD, which they said suggests creeping fat cells have a role in gut immunity and inflammation. Fat cells from ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease patients also differed, offering the first evidence that creeping fat is involved in the developent of ulcerative colitis. Previous studies had already shown its role in Crohn's disease."

Link here:

http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2015/08/05/Intra-abdominal-fat-may-play-role-in-IBD-development/3361438793315/

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/08/150805111019.htm

They says "signaling mediators produced by intra-abdominal fat cells from healthy subjects differ markedly from those produced by intra-abdominal fat cells from patients with IBD". And then also mentions "Remarkably, the responses of fat cells from ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease patients differed"