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Proceedings of the 10th International Colloquium on Paratuberculosis

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9. Ghadiali A. H., Stro<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r M., Naser S. A. et al.: Mycobacterium avium subsp.<br />

paratuberculosis strains isolated from Crohn’s disease patients and animal species<br />

exhibit similar polymorphic locus patterns. J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004; 42:5345-5348<br />

10. Naser S. A., Collins M.T., Crawford J. T., Valentine J. F.: Culture <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Mycobacterium<br />

avium subspecies paratuberculosis (MAP) from <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> blood <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> patients with Crohn’s<br />

disease: A follow-up blind multi-center investigati<strong>on</strong>. The Open Inflam. J. 2009; 2:22-23.<br />

#56 Mycobacterium paratuberculosis – The trigger for Type 1 Diabetes and cardiovascular<br />

disease?<br />

C. Thomas Dow<br />

University <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Wisc<strong>on</strong>sin, USA<br />

Unfolding appreciati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> shared genetic susceptibility to mycobacterial infecti<strong>on</strong> and autoimmune disease<br />

has created a link between Mycobacterium avium ss. paratuberculosis (MAP) and Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus<br />

(T1DM). Animal and clinical studies implicate mycobacteria in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> immune genesis <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> a<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>romatous lesi<strong>on</strong>s.<br />

Bey<strong>on</strong>d classic risk factors for a<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>romatous cardiovascular disease, cellular and humoral immunity against<br />

heat shock protein 60 (HSP60) is increasingly identified in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> genesis <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> a<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>romatous disease. HSP60 is an<br />

immunodominant antigen and <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>re is marked homology between human and mycobacterial HSP60. MAP is<br />

pervasive in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> food chain, causes Johne’s disease <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> ruminant animals and is <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> putative cause <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Crohn’s<br />

disease in humans. This article describes <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> link between MAP and T1DM and postulates that MAP is <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

mycobacterium resp<strong>on</strong>sible for HSP60: <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> immune trigger for a<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>romatous disease.<br />

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