Science and Education Publishing International Journal of Celiac Disease 2328-3955 2 4 2014 11 11 Celiac Disease: A Short Overview about Immunological Aspects and Role of Microbiota 144 149 EN Dmitry Stakheev Luca Vannucci Institute of Microbiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Videnska 1083, Prague 4, CZ IJCD2014246 10.12691/ijcd-2-4-6 2014 11 01 2014 11 05 2014 11 11 Coeliac disease is an illness of the small bowel that accounts multiple pathological aspects: malabsorption, chronic inflammation, autoimmunity. The altered response of the immune system to gluten and derived peptides is the central event. In this short review, we intend propose some aspects of the immunological network that may address to possible role of the microbiota in this pathology.