Seroconversion of Reticulin Autoantibodies Predicts Celiac Disease in Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus

Celiac.com 07/22/2011 - Many reports indicate a hypercoagulative state in diabetes mellitus as result of endothelial damage. Numerous researchers have reported a strong association between type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM1) and celiac disease.
Clinical data indicate that vascular dysfunction can result from a cascade of biochemical events triggered by a metabolic malfunction. The net result changes the cells that line the interior surface of the blood vessels; from a surface called a thrombo-resistant surface to one called a thrombo-genic surface.
A research team recently set out to determine whether celiac disease in a group of DM1 patients is connected with a different expression of certain hemostatic factors, and with a different manifestation and/or progression of microvascular complications...

Celiac.com 08/20/2012 - People with Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) suffer from celiac disease at rates ranging from 4.4 to 11.1%, compared with rates of 0.5% for the general population.
The reason for this connection is due at least in part to the fact that the HLA genotypes DR3-DQ2 and DR4-DQ8 are strongly associated with T1D, while DR3-DQ2 is associated with celiac disease.
To get a better sense of the issue, a research team recently assessed celiac disease in type 1 diabetes mellitus.
The research team included Maria Erminia Camarca, Enza Mozzillo, Rosa Nugnes, Eugenio Zito, Mariateresa Falco, Valentina Fattorusso, Sara Mobilia, Pietro Buono, Giuliana Valerio, Riccardo Troncone, and Adriana Franzese.
The are variously affiliated with the Department of Paediatrics, "Federico II"...