flagellin
Britishnoun
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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
"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
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
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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