Viral damage or 'molecular mimicry' - placing the blame in myocarditis

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作者：

Rose, NR

机构：

[1] Johns Hopkins Med Inst, Dept Pathol, Baltimore, MD 21205 USA

[2] Johns Hopkins Med Inst, Dept Mol Microbiol & Immunol, Baltimore, MD 21205 USA

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NATURE MEDICINE | 2000年 / 6卷 / 06期

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10.1038/76199

中图分类号：

Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];

学科分类号：

071010 ; 081704 ;

摘要：

Coxsackieviruses have long been associated with myocarditis. Recent studies have attempted to determine whether this autoimmune response to heart antigens is initiated by the virus itself, or by host antigens released during viral damage (pages 693–697).

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