title: [Molecular mimicry of bacteria as a factor in bacterial pathogenicity].
abstract: Structural and functional homology between bacterial proteins and host antigens, called molecular mimicry, is considered as significant pathogenic factor involved in several autoimmune diseases. The most important examples of this phenomenon reviewed in this work, involve rheumatic fever, Graves' disease, ankylosing spondylitis, Reiter's syndrome and rheumatic arthritis caused by infections with Streptococcus, Yersinia, Klebsiella, Escherichia coli, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Instytut Immunologii i Terapii Doświadczalnej PAN, Wrocławiu.
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authors.lastname: Witkowska
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016918:Arthritis, Reactive / Q000276:immunology; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000276:immunology; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D001419:Bacteria / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000276:immunology*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology; D006111:Graves Disease / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D018716:Molecular Mimicry; D012213:Rheumatic Fever / Q000276:immunology; D013167:Spondylitis, Ankylosing / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins