An association between crypt apoptotic bodies and mucosal flattening in celiac disease patients exposed to dietary gluten

• Main Authors: Michael Lee (Author), Shane Betman (Author), Alina Iuga (Author), Hui-Min Yang (Author), Jude Fleming (Author), Peter H. R. Green (Author), Benjamin Lebwohl (Author), Stephen M. Lagana (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Celiac disease (CD) is characterized histologically by inflammation and villous atrophy. Villous atrophy is thought to result from a disruption of epithelial cellular proliferation and death. Epithelial cells in intestinal mucosa normally proliferate in the crypts and migrate tow...