Molecular (Me)micry?

Orly Avni; Omry Koren

doi:10.1016/j.chom.2018.04.012

Molecular (Me)micry?

Cell Host Microbe. 2018 May 9;23(5):576-578. doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2018.04.012.

Authors

Orly Avni¹, Omry Koren²

Affiliations

¹ Azrieli Faculty of Medicine, Bar Ilan University, Safed, Israel. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Azrieli Faculty of Medicine, Bar Ilan University, Safed, Israel. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 29746828
DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2018.04.012

Abstract

Molecular mimicry between humans and the microbiota is more common than appreciated. As presented by Martin Kriegel and colleagues (Greiling et al., 2018), this mimicry may mislead the immune system and trigger a friendly fire on our own tissues, as in the case of microbial-Ro60 and the autoimmune disease lupus.

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MeSH terms

Autoimmune Diseases*
Humans
Microbiota
Molecular Mimicry*