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With the recent development of powerful bioanalytical techniques, research on gluten sensitivity has entered an exciting new phase. In Celiac Disease: Methods and Protocols, Professor Michael N. Marsh, a recognized world authority on this condition, together with a team of other expert laboratory/clinical investigators from around the world, present a collection of these state-of-the-art techniques for studying the biology and immunopathology of celiac disease. Both novice and experienced researchers will find in this collection detailed step-by-step methods for cloning lymphocytes, creating gene/peptide libraries, and performing genotyping, linkage, and positional cloning. Also included are techniques for determining the peptide structure of HLA-bound material (tandem mass spectroscopy), computerized morphometry, in situ hybridization, organ culture, and monoclonal AB assays.Celiac Disease: Methods and Protocols provides all experimental and clinical investigators with the essential core of readily reproducible methods necessary for successful work on celiac disease today.
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M E T H O D S I N M O L E C U L A R M E D I C I N E TM Celiac Disease Methods and Protocols Edited by Michael N. Marsh, MD, DSc, FRCP Humana Press Celiac Disease 1 1 Celiac Disease A Brief Overview Debbie Williamson and Michael N. Marsh 1. Introduction Historically, the term celiac disease evolved within pediatric practice during the nineteenth century, defining children with severe wasting and putrid stools (1). In the earlier twentieth century, similar complaints in adults were categorized as “intestinal insufficiency” or “idiopathic steatorrhea.” It was also realized at that time that, for many of these adult patients, celiac-like features had been present since early childhood. The pathological link followed the introduction of the