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Persistent infection with Theiler's virus leads to CNS autoimmunity via epitope spreading

S D Miller, Carol L. Vanderlugt, Wendy Smith Begolka, Winnie Pao, Robert L. Yauch, Katherine L. Neville, Yael Katz‐Levy, Byung S. Kim

Nature Medicine · 1997 · 567 citations · 17 references

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Molecular mimicry in T cell-mediated autoimmunity: Viral peptides activate human T cell clones specific for myelin basic protein

Kai W. Wucherpfennig, Jack L. Strominger · Cell · 1995 · 1.5K citations · Full text

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Spreading of T-cell autoimmunity to cryptic determinants of an autoantigen

Paul Lehmann, Thomas G. Forsthuber, Alexander Miller et al. · Nature · 1992 · 1.2K citations

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Amino Acid Homology Between the Encephalitogenic Site of Myelin Basic Protein and Virus: Mechanism for Autoimmunity

Robert S. Fujinami, Michael B. A. Oldstone · Science · 1985 · 949 citations

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T-cell recognition of an immuno-dominant myelin basic protein epitope in multiple sclerosis

Kohei Ota, Makoto Matsui, Edgar L. Milford et al. · Nature · 1990 · 920 citations

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Functional evidence for epitope spreading in the relapsing pathology of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis.

Bradford L. McRae, Carol L. Vanderlugt, M. C. Dal Canto et al. · The Journal of Experimental Medicine · 1995 · 522 citations · Full text

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