Antigenic complementarity in the origins of autoimmunity: A general theory illustrated with a case study of idiopathic thrombocytopenia purpura

Clinical and Developmental Immunology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 49-65

  Root Bernstein, Robert ^a   Couturier, Jacob ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Circulating immune complexes; Complementary antigens; Idiotype antiidiotype; ITP; Koch's postulates; Theory of autoimmunity

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLUCAGON; GLYCOPROTEIN IB; INSULIN; MURAMYL DIPEPTIDE; MYCOBACTERIUM ANTIGEN; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; VIRUS PROTEIN; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADJUVANT ARTHRITIS; ALLERGIC ENCEPHALITIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ANTIGENICITY; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BINDING SITE; CELL AGGREGATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HELICOBACTER; HERPES VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; IMMUNOREGULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; REVIEW; RUBELLA VIRUS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS; T LYMPHOCYTE; THEORETICAL STUDY; VACCINATION; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS; AUTOIMMUNITY; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOOD PLATELETS; FACTOR IX; GLYCOPROTEINS; GOATS; GUINEA PIGS; HUMANS; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC, IDIOPATHIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SHEEP; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 33645873283     PISSN: 17402522     EISSN: 10292357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17402520600578731     Document Type: Review

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