Title |
Molecular mimicry: a critical look at exemplary instances in human diseases
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Published in |
Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, April 2000
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DOI | 10.1007/pl00000716 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
N. R. Rose*, I. R. Mackay |
Abstract |
Molecular mimicry, the concept that antigenic determinants of microorganisms resemble antigenic determinants of the host, is frequently cited as a plausible mechanism to account for the association of infection and autoimmune disease. Based on analogous sequences of amino acids or on cross-reactions of monoclonal antibodies, numerous examples of such mimicry have been reported. There are, however, no clear examples of a human disease caused by molecular mimicry. |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Japan | 1 | 2% |
United States | 1 | 2% |
Unknown | 45 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Unspecified | 6 | 13% |
Researcher | 6 | 13% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 5 | 11% |
Student > Bachelor | 4 | 9% |
Student > Postgraduate | 4 | 9% |
Other | 14 | 30% |
Unknown | 8 | 17% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Medicine and Dentistry | 13 | 28% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 7 | 15% |
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 6 | 13% |
Unspecified | 6 | 13% |
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 1 | 2% |
Other | 5 | 11% |
Unknown | 9 | 19% |
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