Induction of cardiac autoimmunity in Chagas heart disease: A case for molecular mimicry

Autoimmunity

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 41-54

  Cunha Neto, Edecio ^a   Bilate, Angelina M ^a   Hyland, Kenneth V ^b   Fonseca, Simone G ^a   Kalil, Jorge ^a   Engman, David M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Cardiomyocyte; Chagas disease cardiomyopathy; Molecular mimicry; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIBODY; IMMUNOLOGIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AUTOIMMUNITY; CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; CELL DAMAGE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; REVIEW; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CHAGAS CARDIOMYOPATHY; HUMANS; MOLECULAR MIMICRY;

EID: 33745058473     PISSN: 08916934     EISSN: 1607842X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08916930500485002     Document Type: Review

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