Molecular Mimicry

Overview: Infectious Agents as Etiologic Triggers of Autoimmune Disease.- Cross-Reactivity Between Streptococcus and Human Tissue: A Model of Molecular Mimicry and Autoimmunity.- A Cartilage-Mimicking T-Cell Epitope on a 65K Mycobacterial Heat-Shock Protein: Adjuvant Arthritis as a Model for Human Rheumatoid Arthritis.- Klebsiella pneumoniae and HLA B27-Associated Diseases of Reiter’s Syndrome and Ankylosing Spondylitis.- Molecular Mimicry and Microorganisms: A Role in the Pathogenesis of Myasthenia Gravis?.- Celiac Disease: Adenovirus and Alpha Gliadin.- Autoimmunity and Chagas’ Disease.- Immune Responses Against Myelin Basic Protein and/or Galactocerebroside Cross-React with Viruses: Implications for Demyelinating Disease.- Molecular Mimicry: Parasite Evasion and Host Defense.- Molecular Mimicry and Diabetes.- Molecular Mimicry as a Mechanism for the Cause and as a Probe Uncovering Etiologic Agent(s) of Autoimmune Disease.