Discovered three proteins responsible for celiac disease
Identified protein fragments which give greater immune response to gluten, a first step towards a vaccine account intolerance to cereals.
Translational Medicine in the journal Science has published a research study conducted by a group of Australian and British researchers, who identified the proteins responsible for celiac disease.
Celiac disease is immune-mediated intolerance to gluten, a protein found in barley, rye and wheat, and thanks to this important discovery has been possible to create a new vaccine that will reduce the side effects of intolerance.
The researchers examined 200 patients, did eat their bread, boiled barley and rye breads are made and after six days of blood tests to check how she was acting on their immune system.
It is seen so that the body of the 90 patients considered toxic fragments of gluten protein 2700, three of the 90 fragments were found to be highly toxic, “the three components that make up the majority of the immune response to gluten,” said Bob Anderson, a researcher in Melbourne. The vaccine, for future use, was produced by a biotech company in Melbourne, the Nexpep.
