Przykłady gluten

• In the normal small intestine, intact intercellular tight junctions act as a barrier to antigens such as gluten.

• Similar results were found for dry gluten (data not shown).

• Non-compliance with regard to the gluten-free diet is the most common cause of failure to respond to diet.

• This reflects the interaction between genetic predisposition and ingestion of gluten-containing grains necessary to precipitate the disease.

• It is only recently that the deleterious part of gluten has been identified and a method developed for the measurement of gluten-antibodies in the blood.

• The main source of gluten is wheat, but the prolamins in rye and barley are also toxic and must be avoided.

• A rechallenge with gluten is perhaps unnecessary in the elderly.

• Compliance is aided by the frequent rapid symptomatic response to gluten withdrawal.

• In addition, protein and gluten concentration of grains were measured.

• Although the rash and intestinal pathology are shown to be gluten-dependent, it is not known how gluten produces the lesion.

• There is no evidence as yet that avoidance of gluten reduces the risk of lymphoma.

• The pathogenetic significance of gluten is unresolved.

• Repeat biopsy should be performed if there is diagnostic doubt or if the clinical response to a gluten-free diet is inadequate.

• Wheat flour containing gluten is present in a wide variety of processed foods and even in some medication formulations.

• Dough properties and baking performance of wheat are determined by the structure and quantity of gluten proteins and are strongly dependent on both the genotype and the growing conditions.