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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Mar 26.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2007 Nov 14;294(2):R402–R410. doi: 10.1152/ajpregu.00650.2007

Fig. 2.

Fig. 2

Patients with SBS demonstrate elevated lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-specific IgA levels in serum. LPS-specific IgM, IgA, and IgG were quantitated in serum obtained from clinically stable adults with PN-dependent severe SBS (n = 23) and compared with samples obtained from 48 healthy adults, as outlined in methods. Serum titers of LPS-specific IgA were modestly, but significantly, increased in SBS patients compared with control subjects (P < 0.006). In contrast, anti-LPS IgG and IgM levels in serum were similar in SBS patients and control subjects.