Serum anti-flagellin and anti-lipopolysaccharide immunoglobulins as predictors of linear growth faltering in Pakistani infants at risk for environmental enteric dysfunction.
Sana SyedNajeeha T IqbalKamran SadiqJennie Z MaTauseef AkhundWenjun XinSean R MooreEnju LiuShahida QureshiKerri GosselinAndrew GewirtzChristopher P DugganSyed Asad AliPublished in: PloS one (2018)
Elevated anti-flic IgA and anti-LPS IgA antibodies at 6 and 9mo, predict declines in linear growth. Systemic and enteric inflammation correlated with anti-LPS IgA provides mechanistic considerations for potential future interventions.