Molecular mimicry is one of the leading mechanisms by which infectious or chemical agents
may induce autoimmunity. It occurs when similarities between foreign and self-peptides …

A novel syndrome called long-haul COVID or long COVID is increasingly recognized in a
significant percentage of individuals within a few months after infection with SARS-CoV-2 …

Infectious diseases are commonly implicated as potential initiators of autoimmune diseases
(ADs) and represent the most commonly known factor in the development of autoimmunity in …

Autoimmunity can be triggered by many environmental factors, among which infectious
agents are pivotal. Here, we summarize current knowledge of the relationship between …

Systemic autoimmune diseases (SADs) are a group of connective tissue diseases with
diverse, yet overlapping, symptoms and autoantibody development. The etiology behind …

Acute COVID-19, caused by SARS-CoV-2, is characterized by diverse clinical presentations,
ranging from asymptomatic infection to fatal respiratory failure, and often associated with …

While a variety of factors act to trigger or initiate autoimmune diseases, the process of
epitope spreading is an important contributor in their development. Epitope spreading is a …

Although a role of EBV in autoimmunity is biologically plausible and evidence of altered
immune responses to EBV is abundant in several autoimmune diseases, inference on …

Nearly all human beings, by the time they reach adolescence, are infected with multiple
herpesviruses. At any given time, this family of viruses accounts for 35–40 billion human …

The major histocompatibility complex system is the most polymorphic gene cluster of the
mammal genome. In humans, this is a genomic locus known as the human leukocyte …