Immunoglobulin A Coating Identifies Colitogenic Bacteria in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Palm NW, de Zoete MR, Cullen TW, Barry NA, Stefanowski J, Hao L, Degnan PH, Hu J, Peter I, Zhang W, Ruggiero E, Cho JH, Goodman AL, Flavell RA. Immunoglobulin A Coating Identifies Colitogenic Bacteria in Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Cell 2014, 158: 1000-1010. PMID: 25171403, PMCID: PMC4174347, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2014.08.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInflammatory bowel diseaseBowel diseaseIgA coatingIntestinal microbiotaIntestinal bacteriaGerm-free miceIBD patientsIntestinal diseaseImmunoglobulin AMouse modelDiseaseAnaerobic culturingDramatic susceptibilityTargeted eliminationDisease developmentDisease susceptibilityMiceCell sortingMicrobiotaBacterial cell sortingFecal bacteriaSuch bacteriaColitisPatientsIgAInflammasomes and intestinal homeostasis: regulating and connecting infection, inflammation and the microbiota
Gagliani N, Palm NW, de Zoete MR, Flavell RA. Inflammasomes and intestinal homeostasis: regulating and connecting infection, inflammation and the microbiota. International Immunology 2014, 26: 495-499. PMID: 24948595, PMCID: PMC4200027, DOI: 10.1093/intimm/dxu066.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntestinal homeostasisInflammatory responsePathological tissue damageImmediate inflammatory responseConflicting studiesEnteric infectionsIntestinal microbiotaTissue damageInflammasome deficiencyInflammasomeStress-associated signalsInfectionPotential roleMicrobiotaHomeostasisCytosolic protein complexesRecent studies