Antibodies to FimH in Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody - associated vasculitis

<p>Peptide microarray containing 4216 unique peptides from 88 different microorganisms represented by validated B-cell epitopes selected from the Immune Epitope Database (<a href="http://www.iedb.org">http://www.iedb.org</a>). A total of 1509 bacterial, 2311 viral, 12 fungal and 384 protozoal epitopes were printed on the arrays. This array was probed with serum from 8 patients with ANCA-associated vasculitis collected at presentation with the disease as well as in remission and analysed for binding by IgM and IgG.</p>