flagellin
Britishnoun
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Among people who later developed Crohn's disease, antibody responses to herpesviruses and bacterial flagellin were elevated.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 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
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
Researchers also confirmed that this early immune response to Lachnospiraceae flagellin was linked to intestinal inflammation and problems with the gut barrier, both key features of Crohn's disease.
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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