[Celiac disease and autoimmunity].
Immune mechanisms have been invoked to explain coeliac disease and associations between this and other immunologically mediated diseases have been described. A direct relationship proposed is that coeliac disease may be associated with a range of autoimmune disease through the formation of immune complexes in the small intestine. It's more probable a common origin in an inherited predisposition to hypersensitive immuno responses to extrinsic antigens or auto-antigens. The association between coeliac disease and particular histocompatibility antigens was recognised.
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Istituto di Clinica Pediatrica, Università di Pisa, Italia.
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D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000097:blood; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology*; D015551:Autoimmunity; D002446:Celiac Disease / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans
D001323:Autoantibodies
Malattia celiaca ed autoimmunità.