Talk:Molecular mimicry

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Immunological tolerance, second paragraph

"After pre-B cells leave the bone marrow where they are synthesized, they are moved to the bone marrow..."

They are moved to where they already are? 2A02:8071:7170:980:2E:418:B5B8:45A2 (talk) 14:45, 27 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"The mechanism... remains a mystery" -- is this true?

"The mechanism by which pathogens have similar amino acid sequences or the homologous three-dimensional crystal structure of immunodominant epitopes remains a mystery."

I'm not convinced that this mechanism is a mystery. In fact, it seems fairly straightforward? Dodging the immune system is a huge evolutionary selection pressure exerted on viruses. It seems quite plausible that dodging can occur by mimicing the host's proteins or sequences. There are multiple reviews on this topic.

I think this sentence should be removed 128.62.35.68 (talk) 19:09, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]