Table 1. Biomarkers that are currently being used in the assessment of patients with suspected or established Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

Biomarker	Specific for IBD	Distinguish UC from CD	Predictive of Disease Course	Predictive of Response to Therapy
CRP	No	No	Yes	Yes
Fecal Calprotectin	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Fecal Lactoferrin	Yes	No	Yes	Likely
S100A12	No	No	No	Yes
Lipocalin-2	No	No	No	Unknown
pANCA	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
ASCA	Yes	Yes	Yes	No