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    In Vitro Gliadin Challenge Offers Accurate Diagnosis of Difficult Celiac Disease Cases

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    Celiac.com 10/24/2012 - Doctors can face challenges when attempting to diagnose celiac disease in patients who have already begun a gluten-free diet, and/or when the results of tests are inconsistent.

    To better understand this problem, a group of researchers set out to assess the benefits of an in vitro gliadin challenge.

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    Photo: CC--US Army AfricaThe research team included Raffaella Tortora, MD, Ilaria Russo, PhD, Giovanni D. De Palma, MD, Alessandro Luciani, PhD, Antonio Rispo, MD, Fabiana Zingone, MD, Paola Iovino, MD, Pietro Capone, MD and Carolina Ciacci, MD.

    The study cohort included 57 patients without celiac disease, 166 patients with untreated celiac disease, 55 patients with celiac disease on a gluten-free diet, and 59 patients with challenging diagnosis.

    The team provided all patients with endoscopy for collection of duodenal samples, which served for the diagnosis of celiac disease and for the in vitro evaluation of the gliadin-induced mucosal expression of seven inflammatory markers: PY99, ICAM-1 (intercellular cell adhesion molecule), HLA-DR, CD3, CD25, CD69, and transglutaminase 2 IgA.

    Diagnostic work-up for celiac disease included the search of specific serum antibodies. Researchers asked patients in the challenging diagnosis group to stop gluten-free diet to facilitate the search for these antibodies under untreated conditions.

    They used the area under the receptor-operated curve (ROC) for statistical analyses on accuracy.

    For patients with and without celiac disease (not including those on a gluten-free diet) HLA-DR offered the best accuracy for diagnosing celiac disease (area under ROC = 0.99).

    Combining the data from the HLA-DR with data of other markers did not increase test accuracy.

    The team found similar results in the 39 patients of the difficult diagnosis group undergoing the search celiac disease-speciï¬c antibodies under untreated conditions.

    In vitro testing of mucosal HLA-DR to gliadin is an accurate tool for the diagnosing celiac disease, and also works in patients who are hard to diagnose.

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    Guest Glenn Ribotsky

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    Hmm. Interesting. Wonder if this could be upscaled for use in the average clinical setting, though. (In my experience gastroenterologists are not the most proactive in adopting new tests or treatments--they're fairly conservative, and often stuck to their training textbooks, which is part of why celiac disease has for so long been underdiagnosed.)

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    After being advised to start gluten-free - tests came back inconclusive for me, except for the original antibody blood test. It made going through endoscopy futile. I then had a genetic test, which showed one marker. In my estimation, whether I have celiac disease is still very inconclusive, but I continue the diet and have to take a probiotic as well. Disturbing, not to mention life changing.

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    Guest Norman Nichols

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    Interesting but can't print to show doctor.

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    Guest Sarah

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    Does anyone have any idea which centers offer this test? I asked Dr. Fasano about it at the Gluten & Allergen Free Expo in Atlanta back in May, but it was during his book signing, so there wasn't much chance to talk. According to him, centers are using this test, but I have yet to find one close enough to where I live (Georgia). Perhaps if airline tickets to New York or Massachusetts are not that expensive, I can look into the University of Columbia or Mass General...if they offer this test for certain.

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