<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> I thought the list might be interested in this. Interesting, but not a lot that's heavily helpful. The conclusion is that this new factor can be controlled by a GF diet :) Gee! Wonder how many of us already knew that? -vance Celiac disease linked to reversible downregulation of e-cadherin and BETA-CATENIN Expression of E-cadherin and beta-catenin is downregulated in celiac disease, and these changes appear to be mediated by certain cytokines that influence cadherin transcription, researchers in England report in the December 1999 issue of Laboratory Investigation. http://gastroenterology.medscape.com/16587.rhtml http://gastroenterology.medscape.com/16587.rhtml">Read it Here