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Gluten-free diet modulates inflammation in salivary glands and pancreatic islets.

Martin Haupt-JørgensenVibeke GrouleJesper ReibelKarsten BuschardAnne Marie Lynge Pedersen
Published in: Oral diseases (2021)
In NOD mice, a lifelong GF diet reduces infiltration of monocytes/macrophages and T cells in salivary glands and inflammation in pancreatic islets, possibly by reducing VEGFR2, indicating that the linked autoimmune diseases, T1D and SS, may be alleviated by a GF diet.
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