Antigenic Mimicry, Clonal Selection and Autoimmunity

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 May 2001 English Publisher:Elsevier BVJournal:Journal of Autoimmunity, volume 16, pages 337-340 (issn: 0896-8411,

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Authors: I R, Cohen;

doi: 10.1006/jaut.2000.0481

pmid: 11334501

Antigenic Mimicry, Clonal Selection and Autoimmunity

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Abstract

The triggering of autoimmunity by infection or immunization is often blamed on antigenic mimicry. But the concept of antigen mimicry impinges on our understanding of adaptive immunity in general, and not only on autoimmunity. Here are some thoughts about the consequences of immune mimicry.

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Weizmann Institute of Science
Israel

Keywords

Molecular Mimicry, Animals, Humans, Autoimmunity, Immunotherapy, Ligands, Peptides, Autoantigens, Autoimmune Diseases

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