Article
Association of antibody responses to microbial antigens and complications of small bowel Crohn's disease.
Gastroenterology - 1 Feb 2004
Mow William S, Vasiliauskas Eric A, Lin Ying-Chao, Fleshner Phillip R, Papadakis Konstantinos A, Taylor Kent D, Landers Carol J, Abreu-Martin Maria T, Rotter Jerome I, Yang Huiying, Targan Stephan R
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND & AIMS: Crohn's disease patients can be characterized by antibody responses against Crohn's disease-related bacterial sequence, Escherichia coli outer membrane porin C, Saccharomyces cerevisiae (oligomannan), and neutrophil nuclear antigens. Our aim was to determine whether expression of antibodies against Crohn's disease-related bacterial sequence and Escherichia coli outer membrane porin C is...
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