Article
Is there a role for viruses in triggering autoimmune hepatitis?
Autoimmunity reviews - 1 Jan 2004
Vento Sandro, Cainelli Francesca
Abstract excerpt
A role for viruses in autoimmune hepatitis (AH) has been repeatedly proposed but convincing evidence links only two viruses, hepatitis A and Epstein-Barr virus, to the type 1 form of the disease, and only in those rare cases where a genetic predisposition exists and the viral infection occurs at the right time, i.e. when other unknown factors are cooperating. In spite of an impressive amount of information...
Topics
- Antigens, Bacterial
- Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Hepatitis A virus
- Hepatitis, Autoimmune
- Herpesvirus 4, Human
- Humans
- Molecular Mimicry
- Salmonella typhimurium
- Viruses