Multiple Sclerosis, Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease and Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy: Are they Autoimmune Diseases Evoked by Acinetobacter Microbes Showing Molecular Mimicry to Brain Antigens?

• Published in: Journal of nutritional and environmental medicine Vol. 14; no. 4; pp. 293 - 302
• Main Authors: Ebringer, A., Rashid, T., Wilson, C., Tiwana, H., Green, A. J., Thompson, E. J., Chamoun, V., Croker, J. R., Binder, A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Informa UK Ltd 01.12.2004; Taylor & Francis; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Acinetobacter; Antigens; Autoimmune diseases; Bovine spongiform encephalopathy; Brain; Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease; Escherichia; Klebsiella; Multiple sclerosis; Proteus

Purpose and Design: Microbial agents showing molecular mimicry to self-antigens have been reported to initiate an autoimmune pathology in several diseases, including Sydenham's chorea, rheumatic fever, rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and ankylosing spondylitis (AS). Cows affected by bovine spongiform...