The distinction blurs between an autoimmune versus microbial hypothesis in multiple sclerosis

J Clin Invest. 1999 Sep;104(5):527-9. doi: 10.1172/JCI8193.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antigen Presentation
  • Antigens, Viral / immunology*
  • Autoantigens / immunology*
  • Autoimmune Diseases / classification
  • Autoimmune Diseases / etiology*
  • Autoimmune Diseases / immunology
  • Autoimmune Diseases / virology
  • Cardiovirus Infections / immunology
  • Cross Reactions
  • Demyelinating Diseases / immunology
  • Demyelinating Diseases / virology
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Disease Progression
  • Encephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, Experimental / immunology
  • Epitopes / immunology
  • Human T-lymphotropic virus 1 / immunology
  • Humans
  • Mice
  • Microglia / immunology
  • Models, Immunological
  • Molecular Mimicry*
  • Multiple Sclerosis / classification
  • Multiple Sclerosis / etiology*
  • Multiple Sclerosis / immunology
  • Multiple Sclerosis / virology
  • Myelin Proteins / immunology
  • Paraparesis, Tropical Spastic / immunology
  • Paraparesis, Tropical Spastic / virology
  • T-Lymphocyte Subsets / immunology
  • Theilovirus
  • Virus Diseases / complications
  • Virus Diseases / immunology

Substances

  • Antigens, Viral
  • Autoantigens
  • Epitopes
  • Myelin Proteins