ImmunologybioRxiv
Crohn's patients and healthy infants share immunodominant B cell response to commensal flagellin peptide epitopes
Q. Zhao, L. W. Duck, J. T. Killian…·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.
DOI 10.1053/j.gastro.2024.08.015