A screen of human-infecting viruses identified extensive examples of viral proteins that resembled human sequences, which ...

Study finds antibodies that target Epstein-Barr virus proteins can also attack proteins in the brain, increasing the ...

Edited by: Karen Young Kreeger K.W. Wucherpfennig, J.L. Strominger, "Molecular mimicry in T cell-mediated autoimmunity: Viral peptides activate human T cell clones specific for myelin basic protein," ...

Despite EBV’s potential to cause disease, there are few therapeutic options and no licensed vaccines targeting the virus.

Based on the molecular mimicry hypothesis, the team identified 17 microbialpeptides very similar to insulin B:9-23. Testing them in immune cells obtained from type 1 diabetes patients, they identified ...