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. 1987 Feb;28(2):186–189. doi: 10.1136/gut.28.2.186

Colonic bacterial proteases to IgA1 and sIgA in patients with ulcerative colitis.

G D Barr, M J Hudson, J D Priddle, D P Jewell
PMCID: PMC1432971  PMID: 3549472

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.

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