Celiac.com 12/05/2017 - It's not uncommon for people with celiac disease to have other medical conditions, including liver disease, glossitis, pancreatitis, Down syndrome, and autism.
By the same token, people with one or more of these associated disorders can be at greater risk for having or developing celiac disease. Until recently, though researchers didn't have much good data on the numbers behind those risk levels. A new database study of more than 35 million people changes that.
The study found that, for example, people with autism have celiac disease at rates that are 20 times higher than those without autism. You read that right. People with autism are 20 times more likely to have celiac disease than people from the general population.
Reporting on his team's findings...

Celiac.com 09/12/2020 - In order to understand how inflammation impacts those of us with celiac disease, we must first understand what role it plays in the body’s defense system. In many cases, inflammation is a good thing. It’s a non-specific, protective response by the immune system against infectious agents, toxic irritants, abrasions, tissue injury, and even extreme temperatures. It’s our natural and desirable attempt to protect, repair, and maintain healthy tissue — both inside and outside the body. 
I’m sure you’ve experienced a nasty burn or cut on your finger and have watched the body’s response to the injury. Within seconds various internal “first responders” are called upon and the characteristic signs of inflammation quickly appear — redness, pain, heat, and swelling. ...

Celiac.com 02/05/2021 - Recently, a team of doctors in the Czech Republic conducted a study of the inflammatory action of wheat gluten, and its relation to chronic diseases.  
Even with all of the research that has been conducted, many of the causes and mechanisms behind inflammatory and autoimmune diseases remain shrouded in mystery.  Doctors just don't know what causes most autoimmune diseases or how they actually work.  It is assumed that some sort of a breakdown occurs in the innate and adaptive immune system that regulates the body's mucous.
On one level this makes a great deal of sense.  Epithelial cells make up our skin and the linings of our respiratory, digestive and uro-genital tracts.  From the moment we're born, our epithelial cells are coming into contact with...

Celiac.com 08/15/2023 - Researchers from the University of Otago in New Zealand recently studied the effects of dietary wheat gluten on the hypothalamus of male mice. The researchers include Mohammed Z. Rizwan, Romy Kerbus, Kaj Kamstra, Pramuk Keerthisinghe, and Alexander Tups. Their findings are intriguing.
The researchers are variously affiliated with the Centre for Neuroendocrinology and Department of Physiology at the University of Otago School of Biomedical Sciences in Dunedin, New Zealand; the Centre for Neuroendocrinology and Department of Anatomy at the University of Otago School of Biomedical Sciences in Dunedin, New Zealand, and the Maurice Wilkins Centre for Molecular Biodiscovery in Auckland, New Zealand.
Gluten is commonly found in wheat, rye, and barley, and...