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PATIENTS AND METHODS: Eight patients, means (SD) (51 (10) years, 57 (11) kg, 160 (6) cm) with newly diagnosed untreated coeliac disease and seven control subjects (48 (11) years, 71.5 (12) kg, 172 (10) cm) received primed, continuous, intragastric (IG) and intravenous (i.v.) infusions of L-[1-13C]leucine and L-[1-13C]valine after an overnight fast. Distal duodenal biopsy specimens were obtained at endoscopy performed after 240 minutes of infusion. Protein synthesis was calculated from protein labelling relative to intracellular free amino acid enrichment, after appropriate mass spectrometric measurements. RESULTS: Rates of duodenal protein synthesis were significantly greater in coeliac patients than in control subjects (i.v. tracer, coeliac v control, 3.58 (0.45) v 2.26 (0.22)%\/h, p&lt; 0.05; IG tracer, 6.25 (0.97) v 2.34 (0.52)%\/h respectively, p &lt; 0.01). The rates of mucosal protein synthesis calculated on the basis of the tracer infused via the intragastric route were higher in patients with coeliac disease than in control subjects. Tissue protein\/DNA ratios were significantly reduced in coeliac patients (coeliac v control, 9.2 (1.6) mg\/micrograms v 13.0 (2.2) mg\/micrograms respectively, p &lt; 0.05) suggesting smaller mucosal cell size in coeliac patients. CONCLUSIONS: Despite the villous atrophy and reduced cell size observed in coeliac disease, the rates of mucosal protein synthesis are considerably increased. 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