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We would like to express our gratitude to Estevinho and Magro for their interest in our manuscript evaluating the role of epithelial neutrophilic infiltrate for predicting long-term endoscopic improvement (EI) and histoendoscopic mucosal improvement (HEMI). As the authors point out, our findings are important for several reasons. Our study suggests that epithelial neutrophils may be an early marker for treatment response that precedes EI. We...