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 bacteriaColitisPatientsIgA