Molecular Mimicry: Infection-Inducing Autoimmune Disease

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Oldstone, Michael B.A (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005.
• Series: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology, 296
• Subjects: Medicine.; Immunology.; Biomedicine.

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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.