Abstracts tagged "molecular mimicry"

Abstract Number: 531 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015
Immune Responses to Mycobacterium Heat Shock Protein 70 Accompany Self-Reactivity to Human Bip in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Hirofumi Shoda¹, Shuji Sumitomo¹, Keishi Fujio² and Kazuhiko Yamamoto¹, ¹Department of Allergy and Rheumatology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, ²Department of Allergy and Rheumatology,Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: Molecular mimicry is believed to be an important mechanism of autoimmunity development. We previously demonstrated that imbalance between effector and regulatory T cells specific for BiP, a…