Campylobacter jejunifrom Patients with Guillain-Barre Syndrome Preferentially Expresses a GD1a-Like Epitope

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GM(1)- and GD(1a)-like ganglioside mimicry in Campylobacter jejuni lipooligosaccharide (LOS) is considered to be involved in the pathogenesis of Campylobacter-induced Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS). Compared with gastroenteritis-related isolates, GBS-related C. jejuni isolates were strongly associated with the expression of GD(1a)-like mimicry. The presence of a few genes involved in LOS ganglioside mimicry,...

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