Essays about: "tissue transglutaminase"

Found 1 essay containing the words tissue transglutaminase.

  1. 1. Fibronectin-tissue transglutaminase interaction and the development of a modified ELISA assay for the detection of coeliac disease.

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    Author : Anna Svanqvist; [2011]
    Keywords : coeliac disease; fibronectin; tissue transglutaminase; ELISA;

    Abstract : Coeliac disease is a chronic enteropathy triggered by gluten. Patients produce antibodies to gliadin and the autoantigen tissue transglutaminase (tTG). These anti-tTG autoantibodies are disease specific and used in diagnosis. The autoantibodies can be detected by immunofluorescence (the endomysial antibody tests) or by ELISA using recombinant tTG. READ MORE