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A comparative analysis of the products of GROEL-1 gene fromChlamydia trachomatisserovar D and the HSP60 var1 transcript fromHomo sapienssuggests a possible autoimmune response
Claudia CampanellaA. Marino GammazzaL. MularoniV. Di FeliceFrancesco CappelloGiovanni Zummosubject
Serotypeanimal structuresTranscription GeneticMolecular Sequence DataImmunologyAutoimmunityChlamydia trachomatischemical and pharmacologic phenomenaBiologymedicine.disease_causecomplex mixturesEpitopeAutoimmunityGeneticsmedicineHumansAmino Acid SequenceMolecular BiologyGeneGenetics (clinical)GeneticsBase SequencefungiChaperonin 60General MedicineChlamydia InfectionsHsp60 Chlamydia trachomatisGroELHomo sapiensHSP60Chlamydia trachomatisSequence Alignmentdescription
Summary Chlamydia trachomatis serovar D produces large quantities of HSP60-1 during infections, which accumulate inside the host cell inducing autoimmunity. We compare the aminoacid sequences of the human HSP60 with the bacterial counterpart to better elucidate how CTHSP60 may simulate HSP60 from human origin during infection and may induce an autoimmune response. As a result of the comparison we suggest several possible epitopes of the CTHSP60, which may induce autoimmunity.
year | journal | country | edition | language |
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2009-02-12 | International Journal of Immunogenetics |