in an attempt to demonstrate local cell-mediated immunity ( c.m.i . ) to gliadin in patients with coeliac disease , fragments of jejunal-biopsy specimens were cultured in the presence and absence of alpha-gliadin and the culture-medium was assayed for its capacity to inhibit migration of normal human peripheral-blood leucocytes ( i.e. , for a migration-inhibition factor [ m.i.f . ] ) .
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