Clonal Parabacteroides from Gut Microfistulous Tracts as Transmissible Cytotoxic Succinate-Commensal Model of Crohn's Disease Complications
Vaidhvi Singh, Gail A. West, Claudio Fiocchi, Caryn E. Good, Jeffry Katz, Michael R. Jacobs, Armand E. K. Dichosa, Chris A. Flask, Mathew Wesolowski, Cassidy McColl, Brandon J. Grubb, S. Ansar Ahmed, Nicholas C. Bank, Kavitha Thamma, Ilya R. Bederman, , Alexander Rodriguez‐Palacios
The paper identifies clonal Parabacteroides distasonis isolates from CD-associated gut fistulas that exhibit pathogenic traits in mouse models and show potential for transmissibility and adaptation to CD-like ileitis.
bioRxiv · Jan 9, 2024 · PreprintGenomics