"Molecular Mimicry" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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The structure of one molecule that imitates or simulates the structure of a different molecule.
| Descriptor ID |
D018716
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G02.111.560 G05.545 G16.012.750.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Molecular Mimicry- Molecular Mimicry
- Mimicries, Molecular
- Molecular Mimicries
- Mimicry, Molecular
DNA Mimicry- DNA Mimicry
- DNA Mimicries
- Mimicries, DNA
- Mimicry, DNA
Antigenic Mimicry- Antigenic Mimicry
- Antigenic Mimicries
- Mimicries, Antigenic
- Mimicry, Antigenic
- Antigen Mimicry
- Antigen Mimicries
- Mimicries, Antigen
- Mimicry, Antigen
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| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Molecular Mimicry" by people in Profiles.
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HLA and autoantibodies define scleroderma subtypes and risk in African and European Americans and suggest a role for molecular mimicry. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020 01 07; 117(1):552-562.
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Thyroid hormone inhibits lung fibrosis in mice by improving epithelial mitochondrial function. Nat Med. 2018 01; 24(1):39-49.
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Extracellular vesicles in gastrointestinal cancer in conjunction with microbiota: On the border of Kingdoms. Biochim Biophys Acta Rev Cancer. 2017 Dec; 1868(2):372-393.
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Human Leukocyte Antigen F Presents Peptides and Regulates Immunity through Interactions with NK Cell Receptors. Immunity. 2017 06 20; 46(6):1018-1029.e7.
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Auto-Assembling Detoxified Staphylococcus aureus Alpha-Hemolysin Mimicking the Wild-Type Cytolytic Toxin. Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2016 06; 23(6):442-50.
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doublesex is a mimicry supergene. Nature. 2014 Mar 13; 507(7491):229-32.
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Suppression of the antiviral response by an influenza histone mimic. Nature. 2012 Mar 14; 483(7390):428-33.
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Comparative population genetics of a mimicry locus among hybridizing Heliconius butterfly species. Heredity (Edinb). 2011 Sep; 107(3):200-4.
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Biological properties of apolipoprotein a-I mimetic peptides. Curr Atheroscler Rep. 2010 Mar; 12(2):96-104.
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Genomic hotspots for adaptation: the population genetics of Müllerian mimicry in the Heliconius melpomene clade. PLoS Genet. 2010 Feb 05; 6(2):e1000794.