Molecular Mimicry

"Molecular Mimicry" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

MeSH information

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The structure of one molecule that imitates or simulates the structure of a different molecule.

Descriptor ID

D018716

MeSH Number(s)

G02.111.087.560

G02.149.115.560

G05.355.590

Concept/Terms

Molecular Mimicry

DNA Mimicry

Antigenic Mimicry

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Molecular Mimicry".

Biological Sciences [G]
Chemical Phenomena [G02]
Biochemical Phenomena [G02.111]
Biochemical Processes [G02.111.087]
Molecular Mimicry [G02.111.087.560]
Chemical Processes [G02.149]
Biochemical Processes [G02.149.115]
Molecular Mimicry [G02.149.115.560]
Genetic Phenomena [G05]
Genetic Processes [G05.355]
Molecular Mimicry [G05.355.590]

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publications

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Molecular Mimicry" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Molecular Mimicry" was a major or minor topic of these publication.

Bar chart showing 157 publications over 25 distinct years, with a maximum of 12 publications in 2000 and 2009

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1994	0	2	2
1995	2	2	4
1996	0	1	1
1997	0	1	1
1998	2	5	7
1999	4	2	6
2000	3	9	12
2001	7	4	11
2002	1	8	9
2003	2	5	7
2004	2	3	5
2005	5	6	11
2006	3	2	5
2007	1	2	3
2008	1	5	6
2009	6	6	12
2010	1	5	6
2011	1	6	7
2012	1	3	4
2013	2	6	8
2014	4	5	9
2015	3	3	6
2016	1	5	6
2017	4	4	8
2018	0	1	1

Below are the most recent publications written about "Molecular Mimicry" by people in Profiles.

Kuehl T, Lagares D. BH3 mimetics as anti-fibrotic therapy: Unleashing the mitochondrial pathway of apoptosis in myofibroblasts. Matrix Biol. 2018 08; 68-69:94-105.

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Gregory DJ, Kramnik I, Kobzik L. Protection of macrophages from intracellular pathogens by miR-182-5p mimic-a gene expression meta-analysis approach. FEBS J. 2018 01; 285(2):244-260.

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Rose NR. Negative selection, epitope mimicry and autoimmunity. Curr Opin Immunol. 2017 Dec; 49:51-55.

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Wu X, Zhang LS, Toombs J, Kuo YC, Piazza JT, Tuladhar R, Barrett Q, Fan CW, Zhang X, Walensky LD, Kool M, Cheng SY, Brekken R, Opferman JT, Green DR, Moldoveanu T, Lum L. Extra-mitochondrial prosurvival BCL-2 proteins regulate gene transcription by inhibiting the SUFU tumour suppressor. Nat Cell Biol. 2017 Oct; 19(10):1226-1236.

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Canesin G, Evans-Axelsson S, Hellsten R, Krzyzanowska A, Prasad CP, Bjartell A, Andersson T. Treatment with the WNT5A-mimicking peptide Foxy-5 effectively reduces the metastatic spread of WNT5A-low prostate cancer cells in an orthotopic mouse model. PLoS One. 2017; 12(9):e0184418.

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Ferry L, Fournier A, Tsusaka T, Adelmant G, Shimazu T, Matano S, Kirsh O, Amouroux R, Dohmae N, Suzuki T, Filion GJ, Deng W, de Dieuleveult M, Fritsch L, Kudithipudi S, Jeltsch A, Leonhardt H, Hajkova P, Marto JA, Arita K, Shinkai Y, Defossez PA. Methylation of DNA Ligase 1 by G9a/GLP Recruits UHRF1 to Replicating DNA and Regulates DNA Methylation. Mol Cell. 2017 Aug 17; 67(4):550-565.e5.

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Barteneva NS, Baiken Y, Fasler-Kan E, Alibek K, Wang S, Maltsev N, Ponomarev ED, Sautbayeva Z, Kauanova S, Moore A, Beglinger C, Vorobjev IA. Extracellular vesicles in gastrointestinal cancer in conjunction with microbiota: On the border of Kingdoms. Biochim Biophys Acta Rev Cancer. 2017 Dec; 1868(2):372-393.

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Richard J, Prévost J, von Bredow B, Ding S, Brassard N, Medjahed H, Coutu M, Melillo B, Bibollet-Ruche F, Hahn BH, Kaufmann DE, Smith AB, Sodroski J, Sauter D, Kirchhoff F, Gee K, Neil SJ, Evans DT, Finzi A. BST-2 Expression Modulates Small CD4-Mimetic Sensitization of HIV-1-Infected Cells to Antibody-Dependent Cellular Cytotoxicity. J Virol. 2017 06 01; 91(11).

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Alam SM, Aussedat B, Vohra Y, Meyerhoff RR, Cale EM, Walkowicz WE, Radakovich NA, Anasti K, Armand L, Parks R, Sutherland L, Scearce R, Joyce MG, Pancera M, Druz A, Georgiev IS, Von Holle T, Eaton A, Fox C, Reed SG, Louder M, Bailer RT, Morris L, Abdool-Karim SS, Cohen M, Liao HX, Montefiori DC, Park PK, Fernández-Tejada A, Wiehe K, Santra S, Kepler TB, Saunders KO, Sodroski J, Kwong PD, Mascola JR, Bonsignori M, Moody MA, Danishefsky S, Haynes BF. Mimicry of an HIV broadly neutralizing antibody epitope with a synthetic glycopeptide. Sci Transl Med. 2017 03 15; 9(381).

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Madani N, Princiotto AM, Zhao C, Jahanbakhshsefidi F, Mertens M, Herschhorn A, Melillo B, Smith AB, Sodroski J. Activation and Inactivation of Primary Human Immunodeficiency Virus Envelope Glycoprotein Trimers by CD4-Mimetic Compounds. J Virol. 2017 Feb 01; 91(3).

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