This series on "Evidence of Epigenetics in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases" is edited by Dr. Patrick Varga-Weisz, University of Essex, UK and Dr. Raquel Franco Leal, University of Campinas, Brazil. The main purposes of this series are 1) to shed light onto potential links between epigenetic mechanisms and inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) and to highlight new findings in this respect, 2) to explore progress in this field in pre-clinical models and in patients, and 3) to examine the role of environment in its broadest sense in IBD.

Disclosure:
The series on "Evidence of Epigenetics in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases" is commissioned by the editorial office, Digestive Medicine Research (DMR) without any sponsorship or funding Dr. Patrick Varga-Weisz and Dr. Raquel Franco Leal serve as the unpaid Guest Editors for the series.