Patent ID: 8728471

Claim:
A method of treating celiac disease or dermatitis herpetiformis in a patient comprising administering to the patient, a therapeutically effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition comprising an isolated anti-gluten antibody and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier wherein the anti-gluten antibody is specific for a toxic peptide from gluten wherein the toxic peptide derived from gluten is selected from the following α-gliadin peptides: LGQQQPFPPQQPYPQPQPF (SEQ ID NO: 1); LGQQQPFPPQQPY (SEQ ID NO: 2); QLQPFPQPQLPY (SEQ ID NO: 3); LQLQPFPQPQLPYPQPQLPYPQPQLPYPQPQPF (SEQ ID NO: 4); and any combination thereof.