Rheumatic fever a model of a post-infectious autoimmune disease /

Rheumatic fever a model of a post-infectious autoimmune disease /

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Other Authors: Kalil, Jorge (Speaker)
Format: Electronic Video
Language:English
Published: London : Henry Stewart Talks, 2019.
Series:Henry Stewart talks. Biomedical & life sciences collection. Autoimmunity : etiology, pathogenesis, clinical manifestation and diagnostic methodologies.
Subjects:
Autoimmune diseases.
Heart > Diseases > Etiology.
Rheumatic fever.
Rheumatic heart disease.
Streptococcal infections > Complications.
Vaccines > Development.
Autoimmunity.
Chemokines > immunology.
Epitopes.
Molecular Mimicry.
Rheumatic Fever > immunology.
Rheumatic Fever > prevention & control.
Rheumatic Heart Disease > immunology.
Rheumatic Heart Disease > prevention & control.
Streptococcal Infections > immunology.
Th1 Cells.
T-Lymphocytes > immunology.
Vaccination.
Online Access:https://hstalks.com/bs/214/
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Table of Contents:
  • Contents: Autoimmunity in humans
  • Infectious agents can induce breakage of tolerance to self to trigger & maintain autoimmune disease
  • Rheumatic Fever & Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) as paradigms of post-infectious autoimmune disease
  • Medical & sociological importance of RHD
  • Genes involved in susceptibility
  • T cell mediated autoimmunity
  • Molecular mimicry
  • Role of Th1 cells in human autoimmunity
  • How chemokines can drive disease to different site
  • Identification of autoimmune vs. anti-infection triggering epitopes
  • Vaccine development to avoid infections & autoimmune disease.

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