Parallels between pathogens and gluten peptides in celiac sprue.

Pathogens are exogenous agents capable of causing disease in susceptible organisms. In celiac sprue, a disease triggered by partially hydrolyzed gluten peptides in the small intestine, the offending immunotoxins cannot replicate, but otherwise have many hallmarks of classical pathogens. First, dieta...

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Main Authors: Michael T Bethune, Chaitan Khosla
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/f4d9dcf3efe940ceafeb3b70bba7ef01
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