Antigen Mimicry between Infectious Agents and Self or Environmental Antigens May Lead to Long-Term Regulation of Inflammation

Front Immunol. 2013 Oct 8:4:314. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2013.00314.

Authors

Lain Pontes-de-Carvalho¹, Jose Mengel, Camila A Figueiredo; Social Changes, Asthma and Allergy in Latin America (SCAALA)’s Study Group; Neuza M Alcântara-Neves

Affiliation

¹ Centro de Pesquisas Gonçalo Moniz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz , Salvador, Brazil.

No abstract available

Keywords: IL-10; allergy; autoimmunity; autoreactivity; crossreactivity; hygiene hypothesis; infection; transforming growth factor-beta.

Publication types

Review