Plants and Society 7th Edition by Estelle Levetin ,Karen McMahon

Exercise 4

Some people apparently develop celiac disease not as infants but much later in life. It has been suggested that the delay of celiac disease in genetically predisposed individuals is due to changes in the population of bacteria that normally inhabit the gut.
What might the bacteria population be supplying to the host that has forestalled the activation of the immune system to attack gluten Does this suggest another possible treatment for sufferers of celiac disease