title: Commensal Flora, is it an Unwelcomed Companion as a Triggering Factor of Autoimmune Pancreatitis?
abstract: The etiopathogenesis of many autoimmune disorders has not been identified. The aim of this paper is to focus on the involvement of bacterial exposure, as an environmental factor, in the pathogenesis of autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP), which is broadly categorized as autoimmune disorders involving pancreatic lesions. Avirulent and/or commensal bacteria, which may have an important role(s) as initiating/progressing factors in the pathogenesis of autoimmune disorder AIP, will be emphasized.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Tokyo Women's Medical University Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Ikuko
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Haruta
authors.forename: Kyoko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: Naoko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yanagisawa
authors.forename: Keiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shiratori
authors.forename: Junji
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yagi