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Alain Bitton

ResearcherMcGill University

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Alain Bitton

Researcher

Health Sciences

McGill University

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
64 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 1 recent paper, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 1 research grant (1 CIHR), most recently in 2015.

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164

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2,229

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Research

Chronic Inflammation Crohn'S Disease Diet (Environment)Genetics Gnotobiotic Mice (Germ-Free)Humanized Mice Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Metabolome

Latest papers

Postoperative Ileum Transcriptomics Implicate Sex-Biased Mechanisms in Crohn's Disease Recurrence.
Gastroenterology · 2026
Extensive Colonic Pseudopolyposis Leading to Protein-Losing Enteropathy and Severe Hypoalbuminemia With Refractory Ulcerative Colitis.
ACG case reports journal · 2026
The Association of Faecal Calprotectin Measurements With Endo-Histological Remission in Ulcerative Colitis: A Pooled Analysis.
Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics · 2026

All 164 publications

Latest funding

Steatotic Liver Disease, Fibrosis and Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Uncovering the Triple Threat
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
$1,005,976
Inflammatory Bowel Disease in 2035: A National Study of the Canadian Gastro-Intestinal Epidemiology Consortium (CanGIEC)
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$100,000
Managing the Burden of Inflammatory Bowel Disease over the Next Decade: A National Study of the Canadian Gastro-Intestinal Epidemiology Consortium (CanGIEC)
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$650,252

All 9 grants and awards

From the 150 most recent of 164 publications.

Postoperative Ileum Transcriptomics Implicate Sex-Biased Mechanisms in Crohn's Disease Recurrence.

Gettler K, Nagpal S, Washburn S, Tastad C, Zhang J, Sabic K, Lazarev M, Bitton A, Cohen R, Schwartz MB, Barrie A, Gu P, Fleshner P, Bao M, Hernández-Rocha C, McCauley J, Abreu M, Kugathasan S, McGovern DP, Brant SR, Duerr RH, Silverberg MS, Rioux JD, Gibson G, Cho JH

Gastroenterology2026

DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2025.08.038 PMID: 41251630

Extensive Colonic Pseudopolyposis Leading to Protein-Losing Enteropathy and Severe Hypoalbuminemia With Refractory Ulcerative Colitis.

Nadeem H, Alsaeid M, Bitton A, Nadeem H, Lakatos PL

ACG case reports journal2026

DOI: 10.14309/crj.0000000000002011 PMID: 41756399

The Association of Faecal Calprotectin Measurements With Endo-Histological Remission in Ulcerative Colitis: A Pooled Analysis.

Dubé LR, Sorin M, Allez M, Afif W, Bitton A, Lakatos PL, Wild G, Magro F, Patel A, Guardiola J, Bessissow T

Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics2026

DOI: 10.1111/apt.70735 PMID: 42227157

β-Glucan and Inulin Estimated Intake Are Associated With Reduced Risk of Crohn's Disease, Improved Gut Barrier and Systemic Inflammation Markers, and Multi-Omic Signatures in a High-Risk Cohort

Xue M, McShane C, Kim J, Khorasaniha R, Leibovitzh H, Shao J, Chen R, Jeong S, Madsen KL, Griffiths AM

Gastroenterology20263 citations

DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2026.05.006

Symptoms in Persons With Either Active or Inactive Crohn‘s Disease Are Agnostic to Disease Phenotype

Bernstein CN, Nugent Z, Panaccione R, Marshall DA, Kaplan GG, Dieleman LA, Vanner S, Graff LA, Otley A, Jones J

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology20262 citations

DOI: 10.1097/mcg.0000000000002137

Serum thiol redox-related alterations in asymptomatic first-degree relatives are associated with future Crohn's disease

Mu K, Xue M, Huynh HQ, Griffiths AM, Turner D, Moayyedi P, Steinhart AH, Dieleman LA, Deslandres C, Bitton A

Redox Biology2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.redox.2026.104207

Childhood exposure to a sibling with Crohn's disease alters gut microbiome and Crohn's disease susceptibility.

Chen R, Kim HJ, Bushra M, Phi Dang C, Li Q, Espin-Garcia O, Huynh HQ, Jacobson K, Bitton A, Panaccione R

Gut2026

DOI: 10.1136/gutjnl-2026-339257

Nationalization of clinical care pathways for inflammatory bowel disease management in Canada

Chappell KD, Tausif A, Seow CH, Panaccione R, Lim A, Tersigni C, Nguyen GC, Wang H, Fehr W, Bitton A

Journal of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology2026

DOI: 10.1093/jcag/gwaf043

Patient-reported Symptoms Are Independent of Extent of Disease in Longstanding Ulcerative Colitis

Bernstein CN, Nugent Z, Panaccione R, Marshall DA, Kaplan GG, Vanner S, Dieleman LA, Graff LA, Otley A, Jones J

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology2026

DOI: 10.1097/mcg.0000000000002329

Frequency enrichment of coding variants in a French-Canadian founder population and its implication for inflammatory bowel diseases.

Bhérer C, Grenier JC, Pelletier J, Boucher G, Gagnon G, Goyette P, Ashton-Beaucage D, Stevens C, Battat R, Bitton A, Campeau PM, Laprise C, NIDDK IBD Genetics Consortium, Quebec IBD Genetics Consortium, iGenoMed Consortium, Huang H, Daly M, Taliun D, Hussin JG, Mooser V, Rioux JD

medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences2025

DOI: 10.1101/2025.07.11.25331388 PMID: 40791678

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Alain Bitton

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Postoperative Ileum Transcriptomics Implicate Sex-Biased Mechanisms in Crohn's Disease Recurrence.

Extensive Colonic Pseudopolyposis Leading to Protein-Losing Enteropathy and Severe Hypoalbuminemia With Refractory Ulcerative Colitis.

The Association of Faecal Calprotectin Measurements With Endo-Histological Remission in Ulcerative Colitis: A Pooled Analysis.

β-Glucan and Inulin Estimated Intake Are Associated With Reduced Risk of Crohn's Disease, Improved Gut Barrier and Systemic Inflammation Markers, and Multi-Omic Signatures in a High-Risk Cohort

Symptoms in Persons With Either Active or Inactive Crohn‘s Disease Are Agnostic to Disease Phenotype

Serum thiol redox-related alterations in asymptomatic first-degree relatives are associated with future Crohn's disease

Childhood exposure to a sibling with Crohn's disease alters gut microbiome and Crohn's disease susceptibility.

Nationalization of clinical care pathways for inflammatory bowel disease management in Canada

Patient-reported Symptoms Are Independent of Extent of Disease in Longstanding Ulcerative Colitis

Frequency enrichment of coding variants in a French-Canadian founder population and its implication for inflammatory bowel diseases.

Frequent collaborators

Waqqas Afif

Talat Bessissow

Kate Lee

Remo Panaccione

John Kenneth Marshall

Paul Moayyedi

Paul Brassard

Harminder Singh

Harminder Singh

Noelle Rohatinsky

Kenneth Croitoru

Sanjay Murthy

Jennifer Jones

Samy Suissa

Maida Sewitch

Wei Xu

Osvaldo Espin Garcia

Reena Khanna

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Anthony Otley

Erin Kennedy

Laurent Azoulay

Christine Des Rosiers

David Mack

Michael Surette

Laurent Azoulay

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Jean-Eric Ghia

Deepali Kumar

Giada Sebastiani

Stephen Vanner

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John Rioux

Karen Madsen

Emile Levy

Bruce Vallance

Geoffrey Nguyen

Sylvie Mader

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