Critical Medicine and Treatment

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Mechanisms involved in gluten intolerance:

• Lack of digestive enzymes (intestinal glutaminase)
• Production of anti-prolamin antibodies, or fragments of it.
• Increased intestinal permeability to macromolecules and protein antigens.
• Increased production of mediators (histamine, serotonin, kinins, prostaglandins, and interleukins).
• The first-degree relatives have a predisposition to be found on chromosome 6 and is the most common marker associated with HLA DQw2.