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“Patients with celiac disease have high levels of diabetes- and thyroid-related autoantibodies that "disappear" when the patients are placed on a gluten-free diet.”[1]
As you read about studies of Celiac Disease, realize that
Celiac Disease is just one of *several* autoimmune diseases associated with
gliadin. What now seems to tie most autoimmune diseases together is the
presence of specific IgA, IgG, or IgM antibodies particularly anti-gliadin
antibodies.
Grave's autoimmune thyroid disease is strongly associated
with the anti-gliadin anti-bodies. I have seen several references to
studies indicating that Celiac Disease ranges from 10 to 50 times more likely
in people with autoimmune thyroid diseases. Gliadin sensitivity does
exist in cases of autoimmune thyroid disease with no other classic
symptoms of Celiac Disease. Hypersensitivity to gliadin is almost assured in
cases of autoimmune thyroid disease (as evidenced in stool rather than blood
samples).
Try this smattering of Thyroid Articles for starters:
Thyroid-related autoantibodies and celiac disease: a role for a gluten-free diet?
(Hosted on PubMed)
Prevalence and Early Diagnosis of Celiac Disease in Autoimmune Thyroid Disorders
(Hosted on Celiac.com)
Celiac Disease-Associated Autoimmune Endocrinopathies
(Hosted on Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology)
Try this search on Google:
Autoimmune
thyroid disease "anti-gliadin antibodies"
Here is a collection of lots of abstracts and links: Type 1 Diabetes, Autoimmune Thyroid Disease and Gluten on BrainTalk Communities’ site.