Proceedings of the Nutrition Society

Table of Contents - 2009 - Volume 68, Issue 02  

Research Article

Session 3: Joint Nutrition Society and Irish Nutrition and Dietetic Institute Symposium on ‘Nutrition and autoimmune disease’

Symposium on ‘The challenge of translating nutrition research into public health nutrition’

on 18–20 June 2008, A Meeting of the Nutrition Society, was held at the O'Reilly Hall, University College Dublin, Dublin, Republic of Ireland, hosted by the Irish Section.

Conleth F. Feigherya1 c1 and Ross McManusa2

a1 Department of Immunology, Trinity College Dublin and St James's Hospital, Dublin 8, Republic of Ireland

a2 Institute of Molecular Medicine & Department of Clinical Medicine, Trinity Centre for Health Science, St James's Hospital, Dublin 8, Republic of Ireland

Abstract

Over the past 20 years major advances have been made in the diagnosis and understanding of pathogenic mechanisms relating to coeliac disease. Recently-identified genetic markers support the immunological–inflammatory nature of the disease. It is hoped that these newly-identified genes will assist further dissection of the inflammatory pathways in coeliac disease and give insight into why certain individuals develop intolerance to dietary gluten.

(Online publication February 26 2009)

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c1 Professor Conleth Feighery, fax +353 1 411 3008, email con.feighery@tcd.ie

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