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ArticleFrontiers in neurology2026

Mammalian peripheral nerve specific autoimmunity: proposed mechanisms and redefinition of molecular mimicry.

Eroboghene E Ubogu

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Article in Frontiers in neurology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Eroboghene E UboguDivision of Neuromuscular Disease, Department of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Molecular mimicry is considered essential for peripheral nerve-specific autoimmunity: a process by which antibodies, systemically generated primarily as a consequence of infection with bacteria or viruses possessing epitopes that are similarly expressed by peripheral axon complex gangliosides or peripheral nerve myelin proteins, are hypothesized to induce peripheral nerve injury in genetically susceptible individuals. Human

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AutoimmunityMolecular MimicryPeripheral NervesAnimalsCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesHumansanimal modelsautoimmunityblood-nerve barriereffector memory CD4+ T cellsmechanismmolecular mimicryperipheral nerves

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PMID42851660
PMCPMC13646111

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