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Escherichia coli pathobionts and Crohn's disease: varied genetic paths leading to similar phenotypes.
Journal of bacteriology - 21 May 2026
Arroyo-Mendoza Melissa, Lorenzi Hernan, Phillips Gregory J, Hinton Deborah M
Abstract excerpt
Crohn's disease (CD), an inflammatory bowel disease that arises from an immune attack on the gastrointestinal tract, affects roughly 1.6 million Americans. The etiology of CD and the other major irritable bowel disease, ulcerative colitis, is not known, but host genetics and immunology, the gut microbiome, and environmental factors are all thought to be involved. In addition, adherent-invasive Escherichia coli...
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