Clostridium perfringens ⇒ Clostridium {10000711}
| Organism: | Clostridium perfringens |
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| Rank: | Species |
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
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- [1.13]
- Clostridium perfringens also metabolizes tryptophan to #Tryptamine, a metabolite that decreases macrophage inflammatory indicators and reduces pro-inflammatory cytokines stimulated by fatty acids and LPS. - [1.5] [#Neuromyelitis optica]
- Neuromylitis optica Patients with anti-AQP4 antibodies have been shown to develop cross-reactivity to a homologous peptide sequence within a protein of Clostridium perfringens, a bacterium found to be more abundant in patients with NMO and able to generate a Th17 response, which is involved in autoimmune diseases