A Potential Peptide Pathway From Viruses to Oral Lichen Planus
A Potential Peptide Pathway From Viruses to Oral Lichen Planus
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DOI:
10.1002/jmv.24131
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发表时间:
2015-06-01
影响因子:
12.7
通讯作者:
Lucchese, Alberta
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Lucchese, Alberta
Oral lichen planus is an idiopathic inflammatory disease of oral mucous membranes, characterized by an autoimmune epidermis attack by T cells. It remains unknown, however, how such aggressive T cells are activated in vivo to cause epidermal damage. This study analyzes the relationship at the peptide level between viruses and oral lichen planus disease. Four potentially immunogenic peptides (SSSSSSS, QEQLEKA, LLLLLLA, and MLSGNAG) are found to be shared between HCV, EBV, HHV-7, HSV-1, and CMV and three human proteins (namely pinin, desmoglein-3, and plectin). The described peptide sharing might be of help in deciphering the still unexplained immunopathogenic pathway that leads to oral lichen planus. J. Med. Virol. 87:1060-1065, 2015. (c) 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.