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When molecular mimicry fails, autoimmune disease prevails.

Medium Periodical Article
Medium - part of - (Periodical Copy) (Date) Feb2022 (Volume) 34 (Number) 3
Medium (Periodical) Biological Sciences Review.
Classif 570 BIO
Subject Biology
Page 27 - 31
Authors Bialic, Hannah
Contents

Molecular mimicry is common to pathogens able to evade our immune system. The author describes what happens when molecular mimicry leads to autoimmune disease.

Keywords
Antibodies     Autonomic nervous system     Bacterial infection     Cell structure     Communicable disease     Immune system     Infection     Nervous system     Pathogens     Prokaryotic cells    


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