Protective molecular mimicry in experimental myasthenia gravis

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 126, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 99-106

  Im, Sin Hyeog ^a   Barchan, Dora ^a   Feferman, Tali ^a   Raveh, Lily ^a   Souroujon, Miriam C ^a,b   Fuchs, Sara ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine receptor (AChR); Cytokines; Experimental autoimmune myasthenia gravis; Molecular mimicry

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; CYTOKINE; EPITOPE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; T LYMPHOCYTE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; EPITOPES, B-LYMPHOCYTE; EPITOPES, T-LYMPHOCYTE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS, AUTOIMMUNE, EXPERIMENTAL; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 0036093632     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5728(02)00069-3     Document Type: Article

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