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- Title
Infections May Have a Protective Role in the Etiopathogenesis of Celiac Disease.
- Authors
Plot, Leeor; Amital, Howard; Barzilai, Ori; Ram, Maya; Nicola, Bizzaro; Shoenfeld, Yehuda
- Abstract
Infectious agents have been implicated in the pathogenesis of many autoimmune diseases via various pathogenic mechanisms, such as molecular mimicry, resulting in modulation of the host's immune tolerance. In the following article we examine the association between serological evidence of past infection with Toxoplasma gondii, rubella virus, cytomegalovirus, Treponema pallidum, and Epstein–Barr virus, and the co-existence of celiac disease. Our results imply that certain infections may generate an immunological environment that disfavors future appearance of certain autoimmune conditions such as celiac disease.
- Subjects
CELIAC disease; DIARRHEA; TOXOPLASMA; IMMUNOLOGICAL tolerance; RUBELLA virus
- Publication
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2009, Vol 1173, p670
- ISSN
0077-8923
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04814.x