Nature Communications (Mar 2019)

Duodenal bacterial proteolytic activity determines sensitivity to dietary antigen through protease-activated receptor-2

  • Alberto Caminero,
  • Justin L. McCarville,
  • Heather J. Galipeau,
  • Celine Deraison,
  • Steve P. Bernier,
  • Marco Constante,
  • Corinne Rolland,
  • Marlies Meisel,
  • Joseph A. Murray,
  • Xuechen B. Yu,
  • Armin Alaedini,
  • Brian K. Coombes,
  • Premysl Bercik,
  • Carolyn M. Southward,
  • Wolfram Ruf,
  • Bana Jabri,
  • Fernando G. Chirdo,
  • Javier Casqueiro,
  • Michael G. Surette,
  • Nathalie Vergnolle,
  • Elena F. Verdu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09037-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Gluten triggers celiac disease in genetically predisposed individuals, but additional unknown mechanisms are required. Here, the authors show that proteases from Pseudomonas aeruginosa can modulate inflammatory pathways that are relevant to the development of food sensitivities, independently of the trigger antigen.