Evolutionarily conserved antigens in autoimmune disease: Implications for an infective aetiology

International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 390-397

  Wegner, Natalia ^a   Wait, Robin ^a   Venables, Patrick J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autoimmune disease; Conserved epitopes; Enolase; Evolution; Infection; Molecular mimicry; Rheumatoid

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ENOLASE; AUTOANTIBODY; AUTOANTIGEN; EPITOPE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; HISTIDINE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; MYELOPEROXIDASE; PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE; THYROID PEROXIDASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; COMMENSAL; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; AUTOANTIGENS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; BACTERIA; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; IMMUNODOMINANT EPITOPES; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

EID: 56949106332     PISSN: 13572725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2008.09.012     Document Type: Review

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