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Conquering a severe complication of celiac disease - Science Centric | e! Science News

One severe complication of celiac disease is enteropathy-associated T cell lymphoma, a high-grade invasive lymphoma with a very poor prognosis. Previous research has suggested that chronic exposure of immune cells in the walls of the small intestine, which are known as intraepithelial lymphocytes, to potent anti-death signals initiated by the soluble factor IL-15 contributes to the development of enteropathy-associated T cell lymphoma...

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Tags: Immune, Celiac Disease, Intestine, Cancer, Lymphoma, Disease and Condition