In:
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Wiley, Vol. 1108, No. 1 ( 2007-06), p. 578-583
Abstract:
Abstract : Antiphospholipid antibodies show a close association to a variety of infections. Recent data implicate that parvovirus B19 may be used as a model‐system for studying the interaction of viral infection and the development of these autoantibodies. B19‐related diseases commonly associated with the acute infection show flu‐like symptoms, transient arthralgias, leukopenia and thrombocytopenia, and, in pregnant women, spontaneous abortion and hydrops fetalis. Hepatitis, myocarditis, meningitis, encephalitis, as well as pure red cell anemia may occur occasionally. In addition, parvovirus B19 infections have been frequently described as the cause or trigger of various forms of autoimmune diseases affecting all blood cell lines, joints, connective tissue, uvea, and large and small vessels. Molecular mimicry may be one major contribution to the appearance of autoimmune antibodies, for example, antiphospholipid and antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies as well as antinuclear antigens. These mechanisms implicated in the pathogenesis of parvovirus B19‐triggered autoimmune diseases, especially focused on the development of antiphospholipid antibodies, will be discussed in this mini review.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0077-8923
,
1749-6632
DOI:
10.1196/annals.1422.060
Language:
English
Publisher:
Wiley
Publication Date:
2007
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2834079-6
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211003-9
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2071584-5
SSG:
11
