Multiple cross-reactive self-ligands for
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Bert Maier; Marc Molinger; Andrew P. Cope; Lars Fugger; Jens Schneider-Mergener;
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Article
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2000
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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T cell recognition of self antigens is a key event in the pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases. To date, the initial events that trigger autoreactive T cells are unknown. The "molecular mimicry" hypothesis predicts that during an infection T cells that recognize both a microbial antigen and a related