Molecular mimicry and immune-mediated diseases

FASEB Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 13, 1998, Pages 1255-1265

  Oldstone, Michael B A ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmune disease; Insulin independent diabetes mellitus; Microbial agent; Sequence sharing

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; HLA B27 ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 4; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; REVIEW; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CROSS REACTIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HLA ANTIGENS; HLA-B27 ANTIGEN; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; RABBITS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 0031664697     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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