عنوان

Molecular Mimicry :

(Number (ISBN

3642745946

(Number (ISBN

9783642745942

Number

b537376

Title Proper

Molecular Mimicry :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

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

First Statement of Responsibility

edited by Michael B.A. Oldstone.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Berlin, Heidelberg

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Springer Berlin Heidelberg

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

1989

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

(vii, 141 pages 28 illustrations)

Series Title

Current topics in microbiology and immunology, 145.

Text of Note

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.

Text of Note

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

Electronic name

[Book]

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