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Molecular Mimicry: Infection-Inducing Autoimmune Disease
Title:
Molecular Mimicry: Infection-Inducing Autoimmune Disease
Author:
Oldstone, Michael B.A. editor.
ISBN:
9783540307914
Physical Description:
VII, 168 p. online resource.
Series:
Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology, 296
Contents:
Molecular Mimicry, Microbial Infection, and Autoimmune Disease: Evolution of the Concept -- The Structural Interactions Between T Cell Receptors and MHC-Peptide Complexes Place Physical Limits on Self-Nonself Discrimination -- A Virus-Induced Molecular Mimicry Model of Multiple Sclerosis -- Suppression of Autoimmunity via Microbial Mimics of Altered Peptide Ligands -- Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms, Pathogenesis, and Treatment of Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Obtained Through Study of a Transgenic Model of Molecular Mimicry -- Trypanosoma cruzi-Induced Molecular Mimicry and Chagas’ Disease -- HTLV-1 Induced Molecular Mimicry in Neurological Disease -- Molecular Mimicry: Anti-DNA Antibodies Bind Microbial and Nonnucleic Acid Self-Antigens -- Chlamydia and Antigenic Mimicry.
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