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Good Article on Celiac Disease w/ excellent diagrams
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Good Article on Celiac Disease w/ excellent diagrams
The August 9, 2009 Issue of "Scientific American" has an excellent article entitled "Surprises From Celiac Diseases" with excellent diagrams and explanations of "leaky gut" and how research into the root causes of this disease may serve as a model for many autoimmune diseases. It's written by Alessio Fasano, M.D., Director of Mucosal Biology Research Center and the Center for Celiac Research at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. Mainstream doctors and scientists look down on this publication, considering the information too basic for them. However, I think we MC's suffers will derive a better understanding of the mechanics and genetics of our disease (as it's so similar to CD) after reading this article. As I am barely computer literate, I don't know if this information is available online. If it were, I don't know how to set up a link. Improving health to all, Shekoe
Thanks for posting that information. That article certainly sums up the current state of research into the topic, and the list of possible treatment interventions is a very handy reference. I'm thinking, however, that to be safe, a celiac may need to use more than one of these options, in order to prevent asymptomatic damage, if they plan to ingest gluten.
I found it interesting that Dr. Fasano almost admitted the validity of claims made by researchers such as Dr. Fine, and Dr. Hadjivassiliou, about DQ1 as a potential trigger for celiac disease, but he wasn't quite willing to delve into that can of worms.
Tex
I found it interesting that Dr. Fasano almost admitted the validity of claims made by researchers such as Dr. Fine, and Dr. Hadjivassiliou, about DQ1 as a potential trigger for celiac disease, but he wasn't quite willing to delve into that can of worms.
This topic needs to go into the "Current Research" forum, for future reference, so if I forget to move it there, after a week or so of exposure here, someone please remind me to move it there.Ninety-five percent of people with CD possess either the DQ2 or the DQ8 HLA gene, whereas just 30 to 40 percent of the general population have one of those versions. This finding and others suggest that HLA DQ2 and DQ8 are not the sole cause of immune hyperactivity but that the disease, nonetheless, is nearly impossible to establish without one of them.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
Angy,
That's a PDF file. You may need to update your Adobe Reader, or upgrade to a later version, (version 9.2.0 is current, I believe). It's a free download, of course.
Tex
That's a PDF file. You may need to update your Adobe Reader, or upgrade to a later version, (version 9.2.0 is current, I believe). It's a free download, of course.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
