Celiac.com 07/21/2017 - In previous studies, a team of scientists led by Professor Anette-Gabriele Ziegler had already shown an association between infections in early childhood and the development of type 1 diabetes. In that study, the researchers saw the highest risk for type 1 diabetes in children who experienced repeated respiratory infections in the first six months of life.
Recently, Zeigler and another team of colleagues from the Institute for Diabetes Research at Helmholtz Zentrum München, a partner in the German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), set out to determine whether infections during infancy are associated with increased risk for celiac disease later on.
Their current study shows that the risk of developing celiac disease is particularly high when gastrointestinal ...

Celiac.com 02/18/2019 - Many researchers have suspected that childhood infections with certain viruses may open the door for the development of celiac disease. Celiac.com has covered the connection in previous articles, such as Can Viruses Trigger Celiac Disease? and Is a Reovirus Infection a Prime Cause of Celiac Disease? Now there is even more evidence to support such a connection.

A team of Norwegian researchers recently set out to learn whether early exposure to common intestinal viruses, specifically human enterovirus or adenovirus, are factors in the later development of celiac disease.
The research team included Christian R Kahrs,  Katerina Chuda,  German Tapia,  Lars C Stene,  Karl Mårild,  Trond Rasmussen,  Kjersti S Rønningen,  Knut E A Lundin,  Lenka Kramna,...

Celiac.com 03/09/2020 - Celiac disease is an autoimmune disorder triggered by sensitivity to gluten-containing grains in genetically susceptible people. Nasal mucociliary clearance is the most important factor protecting the upper and lower airways from foreign matter. Slow clearance times might leave patients at risk of infection.
A team of researchers recently set out to investigate the effect of celiac disease on the clearance of nasal mucocous. The research team included Atakan Comba and Doğan Atan. They are variously affiliated with the Department of Pediatrics and the Department of Otolaryngology in the Faculty of Medicine at Hitit University, Çorum, Turkey.
The team looked at both patients with celiac disease and healthy children. They measured nasal mucociliary clearance t...