Impact of dietary gluten on regulatory T cells and Th17 cells in BALB/c mice.

Dietary gluten influences the development of type 1 diabetes (T1D) and a gluten-free (GF) diet has a protective effect on the development of T1D. Gluten may influence T1D due to its direct effect on intestinal immunity; however, these mechanisms have not been adequately studied. We studied the effec...

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Main Authors: Julie Christine Antvorskov, Petra Fundova, Karsten Buschard, David P Funda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3302844?pdf=render