Table 2.

Compilation of several diseases reported to be possibly associated with mechanism of molecular mimicry

Disease	Cross‐reactive immune responses	References
Primary biliary cirrhosis	Pyruvate dehydrogenase complex Anti‐mitochondrial response HLA DRa Microorganisms: E. coli, S. cerevisial	63–66
Rasmussen's encephalitis	Antiglutamate receptor (GLUR3) response Microorganisms	66, 67
Multiple sclerosis	Myelin proteins Viruses: corona, measles, mumps, EBV, herpes, etc.	18, 19, 47, 68–71
Myasthenia gravis	Acetylcholine receptor Neurofilaments Herpes	39, 72, 73
Guillain‐Barre	Peripheral nerve Gangliosides Campylobacter jejuni	74–76
Insulin‐dependent diabetes	Islet antigens (GAD 65, proinsulin carboxypeptidase H) Coxsackie B Rotaviruses Hepatitis C, herpes, rhino‐, hanta‐, and faviviruses Retroviral	40, 77–80
Myocardial (heart)	ADP/ATP carrier protein Cardiac myosin Myocardial cell surface protein Coxsackie B3, streptococci	35–37, 81, 82
Celiac	Gliadin Enterocyte surface molecules Adenoviruses Enteric microbes	83, 84
Graft vs. host transplantation	Aminopeptidase N HLA molecule Cytomegalovirus	85, 86
Pemphigus	Desmosomes VH‐CDR3	87
Herpes stomal keratitis	Herpes simplex Corneal antigen(s)	88
Autoimmune uveitis	S‐antigen IRBP Viruses	38, 89
Peptic ulcer/gastric CA	H. pylori Self antigens on gastric mucosa	90
	Pathogenesis in:
HIV		91–94
Lyme disease		95
Streptococcal		82, 96
Syphilis		97
Prion protein disease		98
Trypanosoma		99–102