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flagellin

British  
/ fləˈdʒɛlɪn /

noun

  1. the structural protein of bacterial flagella

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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That work showed that people with Crohn's disease often have higher antibody levels directed at flagellin from Lachnospiraceae bacteria.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 22, 2026

The blood test focuses on how the immune system reacts to flagellin, a protein found on certain gut bacteria.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 22, 2026

"We wanted to know: do people who are at risk, who are healthy now, have these antibodies against flagellin?" said Dr. Croitoru.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 22, 2026

Detecting antibodies to flagellin years before symptoms appear suggests that this immune response may help trigger the disease rather than simply result from it, Dr. Croitoru said.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 22, 2026

The company’s scientists have described a strain of Enterococcus gallinarum, isolated from a healthy human gut, and its structural protein flagellin, which rouses the immune system by interacting with a receptor found on intestinal cells.

From Nature ● Jan. 28, 2020

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