Autoimmunity to Tropomyosin-Specific Peptides Induced by Mycobacterium leprae in Leprosy Patients: Identification of Mimicking Proteins

BACKGROUND: It has been shown earlier that there is a rise in the levels of autoantibodies and T cell response to cytoskeletal proteins in leprosy. Our group recently demonstrated a rise in both T and B cell responses to keratin and myelin basic protein in all types of leprosy patients and their ass...

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Autores principales: Singh, Itu, Yadav, Asha Ram, Mohanty, Keshar Kunja, Katoch, Kiran, Sharma, Prashant, Pathak, Vinay Kumar, Bisht, Deepa, Gupta, Umesh D., Sengupta, Utpal
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018
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Immunology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5891605/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29666623
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2018.00642

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