Psoriasis - as an autoimmune disease caused by molecular mimicry

Trends in Immunology

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 494-501

  Valdimarsson, Helgi ^a   Thorleifsdottir, Ragna H ^a   Sigurdardottir, Sigrun L ^a   Gudjonsson, Johann E ^b   Johnston, Andrew ^b  

^a LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIGEN; EPITOPE; GAMMA INTERFERON; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; HLA C ANTIGEN; KERATIN; M PROTEIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CLONAL VARIATION; CROSS REACTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE CLONE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; PALATINE TONSIL; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSORIASIS; REVIEW; SKIN DEFECT; STREPTOCOCCAL PHARYNGITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; TONSIL; TONSILLECTOMY;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; DERMIS; EPIDERMIS; HUMANS; KERATINS; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; PALATINE TONSIL; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PSORIASIS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS; SUPERANTIGENS; TONSILLITIS;

EID: 70349546279     PISSN: 14714906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.it.2009.07.008     Document Type: Review

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