Metagenomic Profiling of Fecal-Derived Bacterial Membrane Vesicles in Crohn's Disease Patients.
Nader KameliHeike E F BeckerTessa WelbersDaisy M A E JonkersJohn PendersPaul SavelkoulFrank R M StassenPublished in: Cells (2021)
The microbial alterations of MVs in CD patients particularly in Firmicutes and Proteobacteria suggest a possible role of MVs in host-microbe symbiosis and induction or progression of inflammation in CD pathogenesis. Yet, the exact role for these fMV in the pathogenesis of the disease needs to be elucidated in future studies.