Crohn's patients and healthy infants share immunodominant B cell response to commensal flagellin peptide epitopes
Q. Zhao, L. W. Duck, J. T. Killian, A. F. Rosenberg, P. J. Mannon, R. G. King, L. A. Denson, S. Kugathasan, E. N. Janoff, M. C. Jenmalm, C. O. Elson
The paper identifies a shared B cell response to a conserved flagellin epitope in Crohn's disease patients and healthy infants, suggesting a potential early failure of homeostatic immunity.
bioRxiv · Aug 8, 2023Immunology