Enteral feeding and Crohn disease

Enteral nutrition is an established therapeutic option in the treatment of patients with Crohn disease. The mode of action for enteral nutrition remai ns unknown but research efforts have begun to elucidate the complex interac tion between nutritional luminal contents, intestinal epithelium, and mucos al immune response. Trials of novel enteral diet formulations have been con ducted to explore the antiinflammatory role of specific nutrients. Curr Opi n Gastroenterol 2001, 17:167-170 (C) 2001 Lippincott Wiiliams & Wilkins, In c.