Sieving out non-celiac gluten sensitivity amongst patients with irritable bowel syndrome

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OBJECTIVES: It is challenging to make diagnosis of non-celiac gluten sensitivity/non-celiac wheat sensitivity (NCGS/NCWS) in clinical practice, since there is no biomarker and diagnosis is based on response to gluten-free-diet (GFD). We used anti-gliadin antibody (AGA) for screening patients with IBS for gluten-sensitivity.

METHODS: 492 Adult-patients with IBS underwent screening for celiac disease and gluten-sensitivity using IgA anti-tissue transglutaminase antibody and IgA-AGA and IgG-AGA, respectively. Patients with positive AGA (IgA and/or IgG) were invited to follow GFD, those willing were put on GFD for 6-weeks. Responsive patients were given gluten re-challenge. Diagnosis of NCGS was confirmed if they had recurrence of symptoms.

RESULTS: Of 492 patients with IBS, AGA was positive in 61(12.4 %), hence suspected to have gluten-sensitivity. Of 31 who agreed to participate and followed GFD for 6-weeks, 17 (54.8 %) had complete (>30 % improvement) and 10(32.2 %) had partial (>20 % improvement) response. All 17 complete-responders were given gluten re-challenge for 6-weeks, symptoms recurred in all and hence were confirmed to have NCGS/NCWS. Significant decrease in AGA levels occurred almost in all GFD-responders.

CONCLUSIONS: 12.4 % IBS patients have biological evidence of gluten/wheat-sensitivity. Almost 87 % patients with IBS having AGA responded to GFD. The value of AGA may further be explored as a biomarker for screening for the presence of NCGS, before recommending this test for the clinical practice.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:56

Enthalten in:

Digestive and liver disease : official journal of the Italian Society of Gastroenterology and the Italian Association for the Study of the Liver - 56(2024), 3 vom: 16. Feb., Seite 451-457

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ahmed, Anam [VerfasserIn]
Dixit, Kunal [VerfasserIn]
Singh, Alka [VerfasserIn]
Agarwal, Ashish [VerfasserIn]
Mehtab, Wajiha [VerfasserIn]
Prasad, Shubham [VerfasserIn]
Rajput, Mahendra Singh [VerfasserIn]
Chauhan, Ashish [VerfasserIn]
Agarwal, Ankit [VerfasserIn]
Mehta, Shubham [VerfasserIn]
Ahuja, Vineet [VerfasserIn]
Shouche, Yogesh [VerfasserIn]
Dhotre, Dhiraj [VerfasserIn]
Makharia, Govind K [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

8002-80-0
Anti-gliadin antibody
Celiac disease
Gluten sensitivity
Glutens
Immunoglobulin A
Immunoglobulin G
Journal Article
Non-celiac wheat sensitivity
Serology
Wheat

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Date Completed 19.02.2024

Date Revised 19.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.dld.2023.10.014

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM36476645X