Coeliac Disease
Most attention to anti-transglutaminase antibodies is given with respect to Coeliac Disease. A recent study of children published in 2007 demonstrated that the level of ATA in correlates with the scalar Marsh score for the disease in the same patient. See the Coeliac wiki article for more information.
High levels (titers) of ATA are found in almost all instances of coeliac disease. Given the association of ATA with coeliac disease, and the prevalence of the latter, it is estimated that ~1% of the population have potentially pathogenic levels of ATA.
Read more about this topic: Anti-transglutaminase Antibodies, Associated Conditions
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