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. 2021 Aug 19;1:709533. doi: 10.3389/fbinf.2021.709533

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Copyright © 2021 Moody, Wilson, Boer, Holien, Flanagan, Jaworowski and Plebanski.

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Proteins found to share alignments with SARS-CoV-2 epitopes have associations with various autoimmune diseases. Proteins associated with autoimmune diseases were grouped based on the specific disease or diseases (human and animal model combined) they are found to be associated with Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), multiple sclerosis (MS), rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and diabetes had the most protein associations. Proteins were also found to be associated with other autoimmune diseases to a lesser extent.