AUTOIMMUNITY, MICROBIAL IMMUNITY AND THE IMMUNOLOGICAL HOMUNCULUS

被引:453
作者
COHEN, IR [1 ]
YOUNG, DB [1 ]
机构
[1] HAMMERSMITH HOSP, ROYAL POSTGRAD MED SCH, MRC, TB & RELATED INFECT UNIT, LONDON W12 0HS, ENGLAND
来源
IMMUNOLOGY TODAY | 1991年 / 12卷 / 04期
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10.1016/0167-5699(91)90093-9
中图分类号
R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
学科分类号
100102 ;
摘要
Clonal deletion and anergy are believed by many immunologists to be the fundamental mechanisms responsible for self tolerance. Nevertheless, as Irun Cohen and Douglas Young point out, such notions of nonreactivity cannot explain certain key features of immune behaviour: the immunological dominance of microbial antigens that mimic self, the uniformity of autoimmune diseases and the prevalence of natural autoimmunity among the healthy. The theory of the immunological homunculus is presented here as a unifying principle.
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页码:105 / 110
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