Intestinal T-cell responses in celiac disease - impact of celiac disease associated bacteria.

A hallmark of active celiac disease (CD), an inflammatory small-bowel enteropathy caused by permanent intolerance to gluten, is cytokine production by intestinal T lymphocytes. Prerequisites for contracting CD are that the individual carries the MHC class II alleles HLA-DQ2 and/or HLA-DQ8 and is exp...

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Main Authors: Veronika Sjöberg, Olof Sandström, Maria Hedberg, Sten Hammarström, Olle Hernell, Marie-Louise Hammarström
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3541273?pdf=render