Pancreatic-specific autoantibodies to glycoprotein 2 mirror disease location and behaviour in younger patients with Crohn’s disease

Pancreatic-specific autoantibodies to glycoprotein 2 mirror disease location and behaviour in younger patients with Crohn’s disease

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Glycoprotein 2 (GP2) was discovered as the major autoantigen of Crohn’s disease (CD)-specific pancreatic autoantibodies (PAB). We investigated anti-GP2 IgA and IgG antibodies as novel serological parameters in CD and assessed their a...

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Main Authors: Bogdanos Dimitrios P, Roggenbuck Dirk, Reinhold Dirk, Wex Thomas, Pavlidis Polychronis, von Arnim Ulrike, Malfertheiner Peter, Forbes Alastair, Conrad Karsten, Laass Martin W
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-08-01
Series:BMC Gastroenterology
Subjects:
Autoantibody
Autoantigen
Autoimmunity
Crohn’s disease
Gastroenterology
Glycoprotein 2
Inflammatory bowel disease
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-230X/12/102

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