Anti-apoptotic genes and non-coding RNAs are potential outcome predictors for ulcerative colitis.

"processed rna-seq data have been deposited in ncbi's gene expression omnibus (geo https://www ncbi nlm nih gov/geo/ ) and are accessible through geo series accession numbers gse128682 and gse169360.; data availability the dataset generated and analysed during the current study is available at geo accession number gse169360: go to https://www ncbi nlm nih gov/geo/query/acc cgi? xlsx 42 kb) esm 4 table data availability the dataset generated and analysed during the current study is available at geo accession number gse169360"

"Declarations Ethics approvalThe study was conducted according to the guidelines of the Declaration of Helsinki. Approvals were granted by the Regional Committee of Medical Ethics of Northern Norway, Ref no: 14/2004, 1349/2012 and 29895/2020. The samples were taken from an established biobank approved by the Norwegian Board of Health (952/2006). Written informed consent has been obtained from the study participants to publish this paper. Conflict of interestThe authors declare no competing interests. Conflict of interest The authors declare no competing interests."

"Funding Open access funding provided by UiT The Arctic University of Norway (incl University Hospital of North Norway) This work was supported by institutional funding."