Antigen mimicry in autoimmune disease. Can immune responses to microbial antigens that mimic acetylcholine receptor act as initial triggers of myasthenia gravis?

Human Immunology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 255-265

  Deitiker, Philip ^a   Ashizawa, Tetsuo ^a   Atassi, M Zouhair ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antigen mimicry; Autoimmune disease; Microbial antigens; Myasthenia gravis; Synthetic peptides

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; AUTOANTIBODY; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; GENETIC REGULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGENETICS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; AUTOANTIBODIES; CROSS REACTIONS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC;

EID: 0033998617     PISSN: 01988859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0198-8859(99)00117-2     Document Type: Article

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