The link between this disease and tropomyosin was first acknowledged in a study that found blood serum taken from 95% of patients with ulcerative colitis contained antibodies that reacted positively to tropomyosin.
A ligazón entre esta enfermidade e a tropomiosina descubriuse primeiramente nun estudo que atopou que o soro sanguíneo do 95% dos pacientes de colite ulcerativa contiña anticorpos que reaccionaban positivamente coa tropomiosina.