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Integration of genetic and immunological insights into a model of celiac disease pathogenesis.
Annual review of immunology - 1 Jan 2011
Abadie Valérie, Sollid Ludvig M, Barreiro Luis B, Jabri Bana
Abstract excerpt
Celiac disease (CD) is a gluten-sensitive enteropathy that develops in genetically susceptible individuals by exposure to cereal gluten proteins. This review integrates insights from immunological studies with results of recent genetic genome-wide association studies into a disease model. Genetic data, among others, suggest that viral infections are implicated and that natural killer effector pathways are...
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