dut Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 (edited) Okay - so I've probably got this all wrong but..... Am I correct in thinking that Cunningham et al were saying that lysogangliosides get caught in the autoimmune crossfire cos of the molecular mimicry of the strep epitope n-acetyl-glucosamine? If I've got this right, could this in any way be why my ds seems to react so badly to glucosamine. I get that they aren't the same chemically but could they be near enough? Look enough alike? This is where I'm sure some of you are sniggering.. cos "yep, those couple of molecules really change things" as my more chemically minded dh might say but..... could, just maybe, his immune system see glucosamine and it looks enough like the strep epitope it's seen before and it starts pumping out anitbodies that also cross-react with his lysogangliosides. He had elevated antilysos on Cunningham. Twice we have tried to introduce glucosamine for gut health but with fairly terrible results..... Edited February 21, 2013 by dut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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