Molecular Mimicry: Infection Inducing Autoimmune Disease

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Oldstone, Michael B. A. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2005.
Edition:1st ed. 2005.
Series:Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology, 296
Subjects:
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-30791-5
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.