Background: Myasthenia gravis (MG) is an autoimmune disorder of neuromuscular transmission. Gut dysbiosis has been implicated in autoimmune pathogenesis, yet integrated microbial and metabolomic profiling in MG remains scarce.
Objectives: To characterize gut microbiota and t...
We developed an improved high throughput sequencing approach to measure the quantities and sequences of the repertoire of antibody heavy chain RNA in a blood sample. Using this approach we analyzed the antibody repertoire in response to yearly vaccinations with influenza vaccines TIV and LAIV in ...