Molecular Mimicry: Infection Inducing Autoimmune Disease

180 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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.

• Reihe: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology
• Themen: Medizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Krankheiten und Störungen Immunologie
• ISBN: 9783540255970
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 03.11.2005
• Größe: 241 x 160 mm
• Verlag: Springer
• Herausgegeben von: Michael B. A. Oldstone