"Oophoritis" 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.
Inflammation of the OVARY, generally caused by an ascending infection of organisms from the endocervix.
| Descriptor ID |
D009869
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C13.351.500.056.630.450 C13.351.500.056.750.500 C19.391.630.450
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Oophoritis" by people in Profiles.
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Agersborg SS, Garza KM, Tung KS. Intestinal parasitism terminates self tolerance and enhances neonatal induction of autoimmune disease and memory. Eur J Immunol. 2001 Mar; 31(3):851-9.
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Garza KM, Agersborg SS, Baker E, Tung KS. Persistence of physiological self antigen is required for the regulation of self tolerance. J Immunol. 2000 Apr 15; 164(8):3982-9.
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Garza KM, Lou YH, Tung KS. Mechanism of ovarian autoimmunity: induction of T cell and antibody responses by T cell epitope mimicry and epitope spreading. J Reprod Immunol. 1998 Feb; 37(2):87-101.
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Lou YH, McElveen MF, Garza KM, Tung KS. Rapid induction of autoantibodies by endogenous ovarian antigens and activated T cells: implication in autoimmune disease pathogenesis and B cell tolerance. J Immunol. 1996 May 01; 156(9):3535-40.
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Garza KM, Tung KS. Frequency of molecular mimicry among T cell peptides as the basis for autoimmune disease and autoantibody induction. J Immunol. 1995 Dec 01; 155(11):5444-8.
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Luo AM, Garza KM, Hunt D, Tung KS. Antigen mimicry in autoimmune disease sharing of amino acid residues critical for pathogenic T cell activation. J Clin Invest. 1993 Nov; 92(5):2117-23.