Partial overlap of anti-mycobacterial, and anti- Saccharomyces cerevisiae mannan antibodies in Crohn's disease
Author(s) -
Stefan Müller,
Thomas Schaffer,
Alain Schoepfer,
Annamarie Hilty,
Thomas Bodmer,
Frank Seibold
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.14.3650
Subject(s) - mannan , antibody , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , immune system , antigen , epitope , paratuberculosis , immunology , mycobacterium smegmatis , mycobacterium , tuberculosis , mycobacterium tuberculosis , medicine , bacteria , polysaccharide , biochemistry , genetics , pathology
To test whether humoral immune reaction against mycobacteria may play a role in anti-Saccharomyces cerevisiae antibodies (ASCA) generation in Crohn's disease (CD) and/or whether it correlates with clinical subtypes.
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