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Anti-flagellin (CBir1) phenotypic and genetic Crohn's disease associations.
Inflammatory bowel diseases - 1 May 2007
Papadakis Konstantinos A, Yang Huiying, Ippoliti Andrew, Mei Ling, Elson Charles O, Hershberg Robert M, Vasiliauskas Eric A, Fleshner Phillip R, Abreu Maria T, Taylor Kent, Landers Carol J, Rotter Jerome I, Targan Stephan R
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Antibody reactivity to microbial antigens correlates with distinct Crohn's disease (CD) phenotypes such as fistulizing or fibrostenosing disease. We examined the association between anti-CBir1 and clinical phenotypes and NOD2 variants in a large cohort of adult CD patients. METHODS: Sera and genomic DNA were collected from 731 patients with CD and tested for immune responses to I2, CBir1, oligomannan,...
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