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CD38 expression on gluten-specific T cells is a robust marker of gluten re-exposure in coeliac disease.

Stephanie ZühlkeLouise Fremgaard RisnesShiva Dahal-KoiralaAsbjørn ChristophersenLudvig M SollidKnut Ea Lundin
Published in: United European gastroenterology journal (2019)
The optimal time points for monitoring therapy response in CeD after a three-day oral gluten challenge is four hours for plasma IL-2 or six to eight days for the frequency of tetramer + β7 + TEM cells, but both these parameters involved large interindividual differences. In contrast, CD38 expression on tetramer + β7 + TEM cells increased uniformly and irrespectively of the length of gluten challenge, suggesting that this parameter is more suited for monitoring drug efficacy in clinical trials for CeD.
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