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Molecular Mimicry :

3642745946

9783642745942

b537376

Molecular Mimicry :

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Cross-Reactivity Between Microbes and Host Proteins as a Cause of Autoimmunity

edited by Michael B.A. Oldstone.

Berlin, Heidelberg

Springer Berlin Heidelberg

1989

(vii, 141 pages 28 illustrations)

Current topics in microbiology and immunology, 145.

Overview: Infectious Agents as Etiologic Triggers of Autoimmune Disease --;Cross-Reactivity Between Streptococcus and Human Tissue: A Model of Molecular Mimicry and Autoimmunity --;A Cartilage-Mimicking T-Cell Epitope on a 65K Mycobacterial Heat-Shock Protein: Adjuvant Arthritis as a Model for Human Rheumatoid Arthritis --;Klebsiella pneumoniae and HLA B27-Associated Diseases of Reiter's Syndrome and Ankylosing Spondylitis --;Molecular Mimicry and Microorganisms: A Role in the Pathogenesis of Myasthenia Gravis? --;Celiac Disease: Adenovirus and Alpha Gliadin --;Autoimmunity and Chagas' Disease --;Immune Responses against Myelin Basic Protein and/or Galactocerebroside Cross-React with Viruses: Implications for Demyelinating Disease --;Molecular Mimicry: Parasite Evasion and Host Defense --;Molecular Mimicry and Diabetes --;Molecular Mimicry as a Mechanism for the Cause and as a Probe Uncovering Etiologic Agent(s) of Autoimmune Disease --;Subject Index.

This volume focuses on the evidence for or against molecular mimicry as a cause of autoimmunity.

Immunology.

Medicine.

Microbiology.

edited by Michael B.A. Oldstone.

Michael B A Oldstone

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