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Clinical immunology

the proposal that infection creates a temporary inflammatory state in which autoreactive cells can be primed, without needing molecular mimicry.

In clinical immunology, fertile field hypothesis refers to the proposal that infection creates a temporary inflammatory state in which autoreactive cells can be primed, without needing molecular mimicry. This meaning comes from von Herrath (2003) in Nature Reviews Microbiology.[1]

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References

von Herrath, M. G., Fujinami, R. S., & Whitton, J. L. (2003). Microorganisms and autoimmunity: making the barren field fertile? Nature Reviews Microbiology, 1(2), 151-157. https://doi.org/10.1038/nrmicro754

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