Potential celiac patients: a model of celiac disease pathogenesis.

BACKGROUND AND AIM: Potential celiacs have the 'celiac type' HLA, positive anti-transglutaminase antibodies but no damage at small intestinal mucosa. Only a minority of them develops mucosal lesion. More than 40 genes were associated to Celiac Disease (CD) but we still do not know how thos...

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Main Authors: Maria Pia Sperandeo, Antonella Tosco, Valentina Izzo, Francesca Tucci, Riccardo Troncone, Renata Auricchio, Jihane Romanos, Gosia Trynka, Salvatore Auricchio, Bana Jabri, Luigi Greco
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3132737?pdf=render