Article
Microbiome and Gluten.
Annals of nutrition & metabolism - 1 Jan 2015
Sanz Yolanda
Abstract excerpt
Celiac disease (CD) is a frequent chronic inflammatory enteropathy caused by gluten in genetically predisposed individuals that carry disease susceptibility genes (HLA-DQ2/8). These genes are present in about 30-40% of the general population, but only a small percentage of carriers develops CD. Gluten is the key environmental trigger of CD, but its intake does not fully explain disease onset; indeed, an increased...
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