title: IBS: biomarkers for IBS: ready for prime time?
abstract: Evidence is mounting that molecular mechanisms underlie gut dysfunction and symptom generation in IBS. Although it is still an uphill struggle, this mounting evidence is a good starting point for the discovery of one or more IBS biomarkers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna, St Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Building No. 5, Via Massarenti, 9, I-40138 Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Barbara
mesh_terms: D001647:Bile Acids and Salts / Q000378:metabolism; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000032:analysis*; D005772:Gastrointestinal Transit; D006801:Humans; D043183:Irritable Bowel Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D011379:Prognosis
chemical_list: D001647:Bile Acids and Salts; D015415:Biomarkers