Reviewer's report
Title:Five mucosal transcripts of interest in ulcerative colitis identified by
quantitative real-time PCR: a prospective study
Version: 2Date:25 November 2007
Reviewer: Klaus Fellermann
Reviewer's report:
General
The revised manuscript has improved. Most of the suggestions have been
incorporated though an analysis on Crohn´s disease is still lacking. However, this
is not a major drawback.
Minor comments
1. misspellings
4th line results section: evaluate
2nd line ethics section: entering the study
2. What were the expression levels in S0 (remission)? Did they differ from
controls? I could not identify the statement in the text and it should be added.
3. Ref. 18 updated
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Major Compulsory Revisions (that the author must respond to before a decision
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Minor Essential Revisions (such as missing labels on figures, or the wrong use of
a term, which the author can be trusted to correct)
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Discretionary Revisions (which the author can choose to ignore)
What next?: Accept after minor essential revisions
Level of interest: An article of importance in its field
Quality of written English: Acceptable
Statistical review: No, the manuscript does not need to be seen by a
statistician.
Declaration of competing interests:
I declare that I have no competing interests
Reviewer's report
Title:Five mucosal transcripts of interest in ulcerative colitis identified by
quantitative real-time PCR: a prospective study
Version: 2Date:25 November 2007
Reviewer: Klaus Fellermann
Reviewer's report:
General
The revised manuscript has improved. Most of the suggestions have been
incorporated though an analysis on Crohn´s disease is still lacking. However, this
is not a major drawback.
Minor comments
1. misspellings
4th line results section: evaluate
2nd line ethics section: entering the study
2. What were the expression levels in S0 (remission)? Did they differ from
controls? I could not identify the statement in the text and it should be added.
3. Ref. 18 updated
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Major Compulsory Revisions (that the author must respond to before a decision
on publication can be reached)
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Minor Essential Revisions (such as missing labels on figures, or the wrong use of
a term, which the author can be trusted to correct)
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Discretionary Revisions (which the author can choose to ignore)
What next?: Accept after minor essential revisions
Level of interest: An article of importance in its field
Quality of written English: Acceptable
Statistical review: No, the manuscript does not need to be seen by a
statistician.
Declaration of competing interests:
I declare that I have no competing interests
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Reviewer's report
Title:Five mucosal transcripts of interest in ulcerative colitis identified by
quantitative real-time PCR: a prospective study
Version: 2Date:25 November 2007
Reviewer: Klaus Fellermann
Reviewer's report:
General
The revised manuscript has improved. Most of the suggestions have been
incorporated though an analysis on Crohn´s disease is still lacking. However, this
is not a major drawback.
Minor comments
1. misspellings
4th line results section: evaluate
2nd line ethics section: entering the study
2. What were the expression levels in S0 (remission)? Did they differ from
controls? I could not identify the statement in the text and it should be added.
3. Ref. 18 updated
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Major Compulsory Revisions (that the author must respond to before a decision
on publication can be reached)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Minor Essential Revisions (such as missing labels on figures, or the wrong use of
a term, which the author can be trusted to correct)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Discretionary Revisions (which the author can choose to ignore)
What next?: Accept after minor essential revisions
Level of interest: An article of importance in its field
Quality of written English: Acceptable
Statistical review: No, the manuscript does not need to be seen by a
statistician.
Declaration of competing interests:
I declare that I have no competing interests
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