Tuesday, 23 March 2010

Coeliac Disease is often triggered by infections

PMID 17637949 Clinical onset of celiac disease after an episode of Campylobacter jejuni enteritis. Verdu et al, Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology, July 2007.
PMID 20190752 Multiple common variants for celiac disease influencing immune gene expression. Dubois et al, Nature Genetics, February 2010.
PMID 19628216 Altered fecal microflora and increased fecal calprotectin in infants with colic. Rhoads et al., Journal of Pediatrics, December 2009.

All these papers suggest coeliac disease can be triggered by infections - C. jejuni, various viruses, and Klebsiella.

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