title: IgA targets the troublemakers.
abstract: Resident microbes within the gastrointestinal tract are known to influence the progression of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD); however, the identity of the bacteria that exacerbate inflammation remains unknown. In the most recent issue of Cell, Palm et al. (2014) utilize the host immune response as a way to identify colitogenic bacteria.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Division of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84211, USA.
authors.forename: W Zac
authors.initials: WZ
authors.lastname: Stephens
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Division of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84211, USA. Electronic address: june.round@path.utah.edu.
authors.forename: June L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Round
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000276:immunology*; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007070:Immunoglobulin A / Q000276:immunology*; D064307:Microbiota
chemical_list: D007070:Immunoglobulin A