Abstract
Rheumatic fever (RF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD) follow untreated S. pyogenes throat infections in children who present susceptible genes that favor the development of autoimmune reactions. In this review, we focus on the genes that confer susceptibility and on the autoimmune reactions that occur due to molecular mimicry between human-tissue proteins and streptococcal M protein. Polyarthritis is the initial manifestation, which can evolve to carditis and severe valve damage; these culminate in rheumatic heart disease (RHD) or Sydenham’s chorea, which affects the central nervous system. A perspective on vaccine development to prevent the disease is also discussed.
Keywords: Rheumatic fever, rheumatic heart disease, M protein, genes, cytokines, T and B lymphocytes, heart-tissue proteins, anti-S. pyogenes vaccine.
Current Protein & Peptide Science
Title:Rheumatic Heart Disease: Pathogenesis and Vaccine
Volume: 19 Issue: 9
Author(s): L. Guilherme*, S. Freschi de Barros, K.F. Kohler, S.R. Santos, F. Morais Ferreira, W.R. Silva, R. Alencar, E. Postol and J. Kalil
Affiliation:
- Institute for Investigation in Immunology, Department of Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo,Brazil
Keywords: Rheumatic fever, rheumatic heart disease, M protein, genes, cytokines, T and B lymphocytes, heart-tissue proteins, anti-S. pyogenes vaccine.
Abstract: Rheumatic fever (RF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD) follow untreated S. pyogenes throat infections in children who present susceptible genes that favor the development of autoimmune reactions. In this review, we focus on the genes that confer susceptibility and on the autoimmune reactions that occur due to molecular mimicry between human-tissue proteins and streptococcal M protein. Polyarthritis is the initial manifestation, which can evolve to carditis and severe valve damage; these culminate in rheumatic heart disease (RHD) or Sydenham’s chorea, which affects the central nervous system. A perspective on vaccine development to prevent the disease is also discussed.
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Guilherme L.*, de Barros Freschi S., Kohler K.F., Santos S.R., Ferreira Morais F. , Silva W.R., Alencar R., Postol E. and Kalil J., Rheumatic Heart Disease: Pathogenesis and Vaccine, Current Protein & Peptide Science 2018; 19 (9) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1389203718666170725115855
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1389203718666170725115855 |
Print ISSN 1389-2037 |
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
Online ISSN 1875-5550 |
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