A plasmid-encoded peptide from Staphylococcus aureus induces anti-myeloperoxidase nephritogenic autoimmunity
oleh: Joshua D. Ooi, Jhih-Hang Jiang, Peter J. Eggenhuizen, Ling L. Chua, Mirjan van Timmeren, Khai L. Loh, Kim M. O’Sullivan, Poh Y. Gan, Yong Zhong, Kirill Tsyganov, Lani R. Shochet, Jessica Ryan, Coen A. Stegeman, Lars Fugger, Hugh H. Reid, Jamie Rossjohn, Peter Heeringa, Stephen R. Holdsworth, Anton Y. Peleg, A. Richard Kitching
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| Diterbitkan: | Nature Portfolio 2019-07-01 |
Deskripsi
Autoreactivity to myeloperoxidase (MPO) causes autoimmune vasculitis and severe glomerulonephritis. Here, Ooi et al. show that a Staphylococcus aureus plasmid encodes a peptide that is homologous to an immunodominant MPO epitope and induces anti-MPO autoimmunity and glomerulonephritis in mice.