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Gut inflammation in SpA: flagellin joins the dance?

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New studies demonstrate the development of anti-flagellin antibodies in patients with ankylosing spondylitis. Does their presence point to mucosal dysregulation as a pathogenic mechanism of the disease?

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Jacques, P., Elewaut, D. Gut inflammation in SpA: flagellin joins the dance?. Nat Rev Rheumatol 10, 5–6 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrrheum.2013.191

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