Possible pathogenic nature of the recently discovered TT virus: Does it play a role in autoimmune rheumatic diseases?

Autoimmunity Reviews

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 5-9

  Gergely Jr , Peter ^a,b   Perl, Andras ^c   Poór, Gyula ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RHEUMATOLOGY AND PHYSIOTHERAPY   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Pathogenesis; Rheumatic disorders; TT virus

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIGEN; VIRUS PROTEIN;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; DNA REPLICATION; ENDOSYMBIONT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TT VIRUS; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; DNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; TORQUE TENO VIRUS;

EID: 33750804708     PISSN: 15689972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autrev.2006.03.002     Document Type: Review

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