MeSH Review:
Molecular Mimicry
- Molecular mimicry in T cell-mediated autoimmunity: viral peptides activate human T cell clones specific for myelin basic protein. Wucherpfennig, K.W., Strominger, J.L. Cell (1995)
- Autoimmunity due to molecular mimicry as a cause of neurological disease. Levin, M.C., Lee, S.M., Kalume, F., Morcos, Y., Dohan, F.C., Hasty, K.A., Callaway, J.C., Zunt, J., Desiderio, D., Stuart, J.M. Nat. Med. (2002)
- A virus-induced molecular mimicry model of multiple sclerosis. Olson, J.K., Croxford, J.L., Calenoff, M.A., Dal Canto, M.C., Miller, S.D. J. Clin. Invest. (2001)
- Molecular mimicry of mitochondrial and nuclear autoantigens in primary biliary cirrhosis. Shimoda, S., Nakamura, M., Ishibashi, H., Kawano, A., Kamihira, T., Sakamoto, N., Matsushita, S., Tanaka, A., Worman, H.J., Gershwin, M.E., Harada, M. Gastroenterology (2003)
- Molecular mimicry between the rabies virus glycoprotein and human immunodeficiency virus-1 GP120: cross-reacting antibodies induced by rabies vaccination. Bracci, L., Ballas, S.K., Spreafico, A., Neri, P. Blood (1997)
- Molecular mimicry in development: identification of ste11+ as a substrate and mei3+ as a pseudosubstrate inhibitor of ran1+ kinase. Li, P., McLeod, M. Cell (1996)
- Group A Streptococcus tissue invasion by CD44-mediated cell signalling. Cywes, C., Wessels, M.R. Nature (2001)
- Molecular mimicry mediated by MHC class Ib molecules after infection with gram-negative pathogens. Lo, W.F., Woods, A.S., DeCloux, A., Cotter, R.J., Metcalf, E.S., Soloski, M.J. Nat. Med. (2000)
- A model for the abrogation of the SOS response by an SOS protein: a negatively charged helix in DinI mimics DNA in its interaction with RecA. Voloshin, O.N., Ramirez, B.E., Bax, A., Camerini-Otero, R.D. Genes Dev. (2001)
- Diversity of microbial sialic acid metabolism. Vimr, E.R., Kalivoda, K.A., Deszo, E.L., Steenbergen, S.M. Microbiol. Mol. Biol. Rev. (2004)
- Toward a better understanding of the basis of the molecular mimicry of polysaccharide antigens by peptides: the example of Shigella flexneri 5a. Clément, M.J., Fortuné, A., Phalipon, A., Marcel-Peyre, V., Simenel, C., Imberty, A., Delepierre, M., Mulard, L.A. J. Biol. Chem. (2006)
- A full biological response to autoantibodies in Graves' disease requires a disulfide-bonded loop in the thyrotropin receptor N terminus homologous to a laminin epidermal growth factor-like domain. Chen, C.R., Tanaka, K., Chazenbalk, G.D., McLachlan, S.M., Rapoport, B. J. Biol. Chem. (2001)
- An attenuated variant of Coxsackievirus B3 preferentially induces immunoregulatory T cells in vivo. Loudon, R.P., Moraska, A.F., Huber, S.A., Schwimmbeck, P., Schultheiss, P. J. Virol. (1991)
- A point of view: The need to identify an antigen in psyconeuroimmunological disorders. Covelli, V., Pellegrino, N.M., Jirillo, E. Curr. Pharm. Des. (2003)
- Binding of HIV-1 gp120 to the nicotinic receptor. Bracci, L., Lozzi, L., Rustici, M., Neri, P. FEBS Lett. (1992)
- Sequence homology of the diabetes-associated autoantigen glutamate decarboxylase with coxsackie B4-2C protein and heat shock protein 60 mediates no molecular mimicry of autoantibodies. Richter, W., Mertens, T., Schoel, B., Muir, P., Ritzkowsky, A., Scherbaum, W.A., Boehm, B.O. J. Exp. Med. (1994)
- Ankylosing spondylitis, immune-response-genes and molecular mimicry. Ebringer, A. Lancet (1979)
- Single-stranded DNA mimicry in the p53 transactivation domain interaction with replication protein A. Bochkareva, E., Kaustov, L., Ayed, A., Yi, G.S., Lu, Y., Pineda-Lucena, A., Liao, J.C., Okorokov, A.L., Milner, J., Arrowsmith, C.H., Bochkarev, A. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (2005)
- An apparent dimerization motif in the third domain of alpha-fetoprotein: molecular mimicry of the steroid/thyroid nuclear receptor superfamily. Mizejewski, G.J. Bioessays (1993)
- A novel mechanism for virus-induced autoimmunity in humans. Nauclér, C.S., Larsson, S., Möller, E. Immunol. Rev. (1996)
- Inhibition of the complement membrane attack complex by the galactose-specific adhesion of Entamoeba histolytica. Braga, L.L., Ninomiya, H., McCoy, J.J., Eacker, S., Wiedmer, T., Pham, C., Wood, S., Sims, P.J., Petri, W.A. J. Clin. Invest. (1992)
- Exploring the basis of peptide-carbohydrate crossreactivity: evidence for discrimination by peptides between closely related anti-carbohydrate antibodies. Harris, S.L., Craig, L., Mehroke, J.S., Rashed, M., Zwick, M.B., Kenar, K., Toone, E.J., Greenspan, N., Auzanneau, F.I., Marino-Albernas, J.R., Pinto, B.M., Scott, J.K. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (1997)
- Myelin basic protein and human coronavirus 229E cross-reactive T cells in multiple sclerosis. Talbot, P.J., Paquette, J.S., Ciurli, C., Antel, J.P., Ouellet, F. Ann. Neurol. (1996)
- LKM1 autoantibodies in chronic hepatitis C infection: a case of molecular mimicry? Marceau, G., Lapierre, P., Béland, K., Soudeyns, H., Alvarez, F. Hepatology (2005)
- Chemokine-receptor interactions: GPCRs, glycosaminoglycans and viral chemokine binding proteins. Lau, E.K., Allen, S., Hsu, A.R., Handel, T.M. Adv. Protein Chem. (2004)
- Spermine inhibits proinflammatory cytokine synthesis in human mononuclear cells: a counterregulatory mechanism that restrains the immune response. Zhang, M., Caragine, T., Wang, H., Cohen, P.S., Botchkina, G., Soda, K., Bianchi, M., Ulrich, P., Cerami, A., Sherry, B., Tracey, K.J. J. Exp. Med. (1997)
- Anti-idiotypic antibodies: biological function and structural studies. Pan, Y., Yuhasz, S.C., Amzel, L.M. FASEB J. (1995)
- Guanylin: a peptide regulator of epithelial transport. Forte, L.R., Currie, M.G. FASEB J. (1995)
- Functional equality in the absence of structural similarity: an added dimension to molecular mimicry. Goel, M., Jain, D., Kaur, K.J., Kenoth, R., Maiya, B.G., Swamy, M.J., Salunke, D.M. J. Biol. Chem. (2001)
- Mercuric conjugates of cysteine are transported by the amino acid transporter system b(0,+): implications of molecular mimicry. Bridges, C.C., Bauch, C., Verrey, F., Zalups, R.K. J. Am. Soc. Nephrol. (2004)
- Novel mechanism of Wnt signalling inhibition mediated by Dickkopf-1 interaction with LRP6/Arrow. Bafico, A., Liu, G., Yaniv, A., Gazit, A., Aaronson, S.A. Nat. Cell Biol. (2001)
- Human cytomegalovirus open reading frame US28 encodes a functional beta chemokine receptor. Gao, J.L., Murphy, P.M. J. Biol. Chem. (1994)
- Production of a novel class of polyreactive pathogenic autoantibodies in BXD2 mice causes glomerulonephritis and arthritis. Hsu, H.C., Zhou, T., Kim, H., Barnes, S., Yang, P., Wu, Q., Zhou, J., Freeman, B.A., Luo, M., Mountz, J.D. Arthritis Rheum. (2006)
- Transport of a neurotoxicant by molecular mimicry: the methylmercury-L-cysteine complex is a substrate for human L-type large neutral amino acid transporter (LAT) 1 and LAT2. Simmons-Willis, T.A., Koh, A.S., Clarkson, T.W., Ballatori, N. Biochem. J. (2002)
- Heat-shock proteins as immunogenic bacterial antigens with the potential to induce and regulate autoimmune arthritis. van Eden, W. Immunol. Rev. (1991)