thought this was interesting,

[Guest guest]

1997-celic disease,molecular mimicry,superantigen?

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9364219

[Guest guest]

It makes sense. There had to be some original adaptive value to celiac

and it could be to attack a superantigen....and it happened to look a

little too much like gliadan, which wasn't a big problem until we

became mass consumers of wheat. Some cultures consume no wheat at all.

I have celiac. So did my aunt. I think my mother has undiagnosed

celiac (ulcerative proctitis, IBS)

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> 1997-celic disease,molecular mimicry,superantigen?

> http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9364219

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