Pre-symptomatic Diagnosis of Celiac Disease in Predisposed Children: the Role of Gene Expression Profile

The prevalence of Celiac Disease (CD) has increased significantly in recent years, and risk prediction and early diagnosis has become imperative especially in at risk families. In a previous study, we identified individuals with CD based on the expression profile of a set of candidate genes in peripheral blood monocytes. Here we evaluated the expression of a panel of CD candidate genes in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from at risk infants long time before any symptom or production of antibodies