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G D Barr, M J Hudson, J D Priddle, D P Jewell.
Abstract
The colonic faecal and mucosal associated bacterial populations of five patients with ulcerative colitis and four control patients were studied in detail to assess their ability to produce IgA1-proteases. A total of 330 bacterial strains were isolated from the patients with ulcerative colitis and IgA1-protease activity was unable to be reliably shown in any. It is therefore unlikely that such enzyme production by colonic bacteria plays a significant role in the pathogenesis of ulcerative colitis.Entities:
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Year: 1987 PMID: 3549472 PMCID: PMC1432971 DOI: 10.1136/gut.28.2.186
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Gut ISSN: 0017-5749 Impact factor: 23.059