title: [Celiac disease and autoimmunity].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Clinica Pediatrica, Università di Pisa, Italia.
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Caiulo
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Assanta
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ceccarelli
mesh_terms: D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000097:blood; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology*; D015551:Autoimmunity; D002446:Celiac Disease / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D001323:Autoantibodies
vernacular_title: Malattia celiaca ed autoimmunità.