Compositions and methods for the therapy and diagnosis of Inflammatory
Bowel Disease (IBD), including Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis,
are disclosed. Illustrative compositions comprise one or more bacterial
polypeptides, immunogenic portions thereof, polynucleotides that encode
such polypeptides, antigen presenting cell that expresses such
polypeptides, and T cells that are specific for cells expressing such
polypeptides. The disclosed compositions are useful, for example, in the
diagnosis, prevention and/or treatment of IBD.