Autoimmune diseases may be created in response to bacterial DNA

[Michaelangelica]

Professor Trevor Marshall of Murdoch University, Western Australia, has explained how Homo sapiens must now be viewed as a superorganism in which a plethora of bacterial genomes – a metagenome – work in concert with our own. Marshall and team contend that the human genome can no longer be studied in isolation.

Hidden bacteria trigger illness(ScienceAlert)

"No one would argue that these species aren't present in the human body, yet there has been inadequate study of how these 'friendly' species affect disease," states Amy Proal, the paper's lead author.

 

"What we thought were autoantibodies generated against the body itself can now be understood as antibodies directed against the hidden bacteria," states Marshall. "In autoimmune disease, the immune system is not attacking itself. It is protecting the body from pathogens."

 

as many as 90% of cells in the body are bacterial in origin. Many of these bacteria, which have yet to be named and characterized, have been implicated in the progression of autoimmune disease.

For example, the team notes that the single gene ACE has an impact on myocardial infarction, renal tubular dysgenesis, Alzheimer's, the progression of SARS, diabetes mellitus, and sarcoidosis,

yet recently ACE has been shown to be affected by the common species Lactobacillus and Bifidobacteria. Found in yogurt, these species are often considered to be innocuous or "friendly."

'Autoantibodies' may be created in response to bacterial DNA | Eureka! Science News

 

see also

The Marshall Protocol Study Site.

Autoimmunity Research Foundation - info on the cause of Autoimmune Disease, Fibromyalgia, CFS, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, and Sarcoidosis