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anti-CBir (flagellin) antibody
Antibody against flagellin.
Etiology:
- Crohn's disease
Clinical significance:
- may be associated with Crohn's disease
Notes:
- antibody to bacterial protein flagellin
- not truly an autoantibody
General
autoantibody
References
- Dotan I, Fishman S, Dgani Y, Schwartz M, Karban A, Lerner A,
Weishauss O, Spector L, Shtevi A, Altstock RT, Dotan N, Halpern Z.
Antibodies against laminaribioside and chitobioside are novel
serologic markers in Crohn's disease.
Gastroenterology. 2006 Aug;131(2):366-78.
PMID: 16890590
- Papadakis KA, Yang H, Ippoliti A
Anti-flagellin (CBir1) phenotypic and genetic Crohn's disease
associations.
Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2007 May;13(5):524-30.
PMID: 17260364