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Effect of in situ gluten-chitosan interlocked self-assembled supramolecular architecture on rheological properties and functionality of reduced celiac-toxicity wheat flour

A new technology for reducing wheat flour toxicity for celiac disease patients through the in situ formation of gluten-chitosan interlocked self-assembled supramolecular architecture was developed. To have a deeper insight into the microstructure of this new molecular organization and its impact on the dough properties, its small and large deformation rheological properties and the macromolecular...

Next-generation therapies for celiac disease: The gluten-targeted approaches.

Based on increasing knowledge of the pathogenesis of celiac disease, some gluten-targeted approaches have been devised, such as down-regulation of gliadin expression, proteolysis of immunodominant peptides, transamidation of glutamine residues and sequestering of gliadin proteins. The present work critically discusses these experimental therapies, their usefulness, and the results obtained, in order to infer what the...

Wheat glutenin: The “tail” of the 1By protein subunits.

Gluten-forming storage proteins play a major role in the viscoelastic properties of wheat dough through the formation of a continuous proteinaceous network. The high-molecular-weight glutenin subunits represent a functionally important subgroup of gluten proteins by promoting the formation of large glutenin polymers through interchain disulphide bonds between glutenin subunits. Here, we present evidences that y-type...