Cows, Crohn's and more: Is Mycobacterium paratuberculosis a superantigen?

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 858-861

  Thomas Dow, C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Chippewa Valley Technical College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPASE RECRUITMENT DOMAIN PROTEIN 15; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; SUPERANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AUTOIMMUNITY; CROHN DISEASE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LABORATORY TEST; MILK; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CROHN DISEASE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MILK; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. PARATUBERCULOSIS; PARATUBERCULOSIS;

MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. PARATUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 53949122262     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2008.07.036     Document Type: Article

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