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SUBMITTER: Kumar V
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3410018 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kumar Vinod V Wijmenga Cisca C Withoff Sebo S
Seminars in immunopathology 20120514 4
Celiac disease is characterized by a chronic inflammatory reaction in the intestine and is triggered by gluten, a constituent derived from grains which is present in the common daily diet in the Western world. Despite decades of research, the mechanisms behind celiac disease etiology are still not fully understood, although it is clear that both genetic and environmental factors are involved. To improve the understanding of the disease, the genetic component has been extensively studied by genom ...[more]