MICROBIAL METABOLITES ON INTESTINAL INFLAMMATION
MICROBIAL METABOLITES ON INTESTINAL INFLAMMATION
Provided herein are methods of predicting a likelihood that a subject will develop ileitis, intestinal fibrosis or colitis based on an amount of acetate or acetate-producing bacteria detected in a sample obtained from a subject. Certain genetic risk variants at TNF super-family member 15 (TNFSF15) may also be detected. Methods, systems and kits for treatment of develop ileitis, intestinal fibrosis or colitis are also provided, which include inhibitors of acetate or acetate-producing bacteria, or targeting biologic therapeutics, such as inhibitors of Tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-like cytokine 1A (TL1A).