Epitopes of microbial and human heat shock protein 60 and their recognition in myalgic encephalomyelitis.

Myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME, also called Chronic Fatigue Syndrome), a common disease with chronic fatigability, cognitive dysfunction and myalgia of unknown etiology, often starts with an infection. The chaperonin human heat shock protein 60 (HSP60) occurs in mitochondria and in bacteria, is highl...

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Main Authors: Amal Elfaitouri, Björn Herrmann, Agnes Bölin-Wiener, Yilin Wang, Carl-Gerhard Gottfries, Olof Zachrisson, Rϋdiger Pipkorn, Lars Rönnblom, Jonas Blomberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3842916?pdf=render