flagellin
Britishnoun
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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
Previous research by collaborators at the University of Alabama, led by Dr. Charles Elson, resulted in a test that detects antibodies against flagellin.
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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