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The gut-brain connection: triggering of brain autoimmune disease by commensal gut bacteria.
Rheumatology (Oxford, England) - 1 Dec 2016
Wekerle Hartmut
Abstract excerpt
In a transgenic model of spontaneous experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis, autoimmune attack against the CNS requires the presence of an intact commensal gut flora. Extending this observation to human autoimmune disease, such as multiple sclerosis, we postulate that the pathogenic reaction requires the coincidence of at least three factors: a permissive genetic disposition, a pro-inflammatory intestinal...
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