Molecular Mimicry: Infection Inducing Autoimmune Disease / Edition 1

by Michael B. A. Oldstone

Overview

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783642421839
Publisher:	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publication date:	09/25/2014
Series:	Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology , #296
Edition description:	2005
Pages:	168
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.01(d)

Table of Contents

Molecular Mimicry, Microbial Infection, and Autoimmune Disease: Evolution of the Concept.- The Structural Interactions Between T Cell Receptors and MHC-Peptide Complexes Place Physical Limits on Self-Nonself Discrimination.- A Virus-Induced Molecular Mimicry Model of Multiple Sclerosis.- Suppression of Autoimmunity via Microbial Mimics of Altered Peptide Ligands.- Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms, Pathogenesis, and Treatment of Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Obtained Through Study of a Transgenic Model of Molecular Mimicry.- Trypanosoma cruzi-Induced Molecular Mimicry and Chagas’ Disease.- HTLV-1 Induced Molecular Mimicry in Neurological Disease.- Molecular Mimicry: Anti-DNA Antibodies Bind Microbial and Nonnucleic Acid Self-Antigens.- Chlamydia and Antigenic Mimicry.