METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTION OF GLUTEN SENSITIVITY, AND DIFFERENTIATION OF GLUTEN SENSITIVITY FROM CELIAC DISEASE

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide apparatus, systems and methods for using antibodies as biomarkers to assist in diagnosis of gluten immune reactivity and gluten sensitivity, silent celiac disease, Crohn's disease and other gut-related diseases.;SOLUTION: Sera, saliva or other samples derived from a human or other animal are tested for antibodies to (a) a wheat antigen; (b) a gliadin antigen; and (c) one or more of a wheat germ agglutinin, a gluteomorphin, a glutenin, a deamidated glutenin, a prodynorphin, and a dynorphin.;SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 7;COPYRIGHT: (C)2017,JPO&INPIT