Guest Editors
Hao Chen
Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Department of Gastroenterology
Prof. Chen is the distinguished associate professor at Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences and Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital. He received his Ph.D. in clinical medicine from Sun Yat-sen University. His research interest mainly includes the pathophysiology and treatment of digestive tract diseases. He is now focusing on exploring the major risk factors for gastrointestinal diseases clinically and using novel technologies such as spacial transcriptomics for molecular profiling of intestinal inflammatory diseases fundamentally. He has published more than 20 peer-reviewed papers in various journals including the British Medical Journal and the Lancet series journal. In 2020, he was ranked as the top 100 Chinese scholars publishing articles in the top four medical journals. Chen is the recipient of the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the Natural Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars of Guangdong Province. He is the Outstanding Young Talent and High-level Talent of Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital.
Yang Bai
Southern Medical University, Nanfang Hospital, Internal Medicine Department of Huiqiao Medical Center & Department of Gastroenterology
Prof. Bai is the director for the Internal Medicine Department of Huiqiao Medical Center, and the deputy director for the department of gastroenterology (National Key Discipline and Specialty) at Nanfang Hospital. He received his B.S. and Ph.D. in Southern Medical University and worked as a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Cincinnati. His research interest includes gastrointestinal cancers and inflammatory bowel diseases, especially endoscopic diagnosis and treatment. He has obtained and participated in the National High-tech Research and Development Program (863 Program) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China. Bai has published more than 70 peer-reviewed articles. He is the winner of the first and second prize for Scientific and Technological Progress in Guangdong Province, and the second prize for Military Scientific and Technological Progress. He serves as the deputy director-general of the endoscopy branch of the Chinese Medical Association, and the vice-chairman of the digestive endoscopy branch of Guangdong Medical Association.
Yuxiong Guo
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital)
Prof. Guo is the deputy director in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences and Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital. He received his B.S. in clinical medicine from Sun Yat-sen University and Ph.D. in clinical medicine from Southern Medical University. His research interest includes pediatric emergency, critical care medicine, and clinical and basic research on pediatric neurological diseases. He has published 25 peer-reviewed papers as first or corresponding authors, and his work has been cited by the surviving sepsis campaign international guidelines for the management of septic shock and sepsis-associated Organ dysfunction in children. Guo is the outstanding young medical talent of Guangdong province. He is the standing committee member of pediatric intensive care physicians, Chinese Medical Doctor Association, and the chairman of the committee on disaster prevention of the Chinese Association for Pediatric Disaster & Emergency Rescue Medicine.
Ruijie Zeng
Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Department of Gastroenterology
Dr. Ruijie Zeng is a physician at Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences and Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital. He received his B.S. in clinical medicine from Shantou University Medical College and was an exchanged student at Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2017. His research interest is mainly on inflammatory diseases of the digestive tract and gastrointestinal oncology. He has published seven peer-reviewed papers in scientific journals including Molecular Oncology, European Journal of Cancer, Cancer and Metastasis Reviews, Hepatology, etc. He won the first prize for oral presentation at the 12th East-West Alliance Conference and was invited as the poster presenter at 2019 AACR.
Collection Overview
Intestines serve as the critical organ for digestion, absorption, and excretion, maintaining the basic activities for life. Inflammatory diseases of the intestines, such as necrotizing enterocolitis, radiation-induced intestinal injury, Crohn’s disease, and ulcerative colitis, increase in morbidity and mortality during the past decades and can lead to intractable sequelae despite treatment advances.
Due to the complex and multifactorial nature of intestinal inflammation, researchers are endeavoring to develop experimental models modulating the situation. The laboratory methodologies for studying intestinal inflammatory diseases have progressed noticeably. In addition to the in vitro and in vivo models, in recent years, ex vivo models that more closely mimic disease progression has emerged. Moreover, effective, and innovative modalities are explored both experimentally and clinically for treating inflammatory diseases of the intestine. Therefore, this Methods Collection aims to integrate and visually illustrate current methods for studying and treating inflammatory diseases of the intestine under collaboration by researchers, which would provide insights into the research field and ultimately benefits the patients in clinical practice.
