Editorial: Frontiers in Autoimmune Disease: Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease

Frontiers in Pediatrics

Luiza Guilherme¹ 

关键词: rheumatic fever;    rheumatic heart disease;    autoimmune diseases;    valvular damage;    innate and adaptive immune response;    animal model;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fped.2015.00091

学科分类：儿科学

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Rheumatic fever (RF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD), its most clinically consequence, resulting from untreated throat Streptococcus pyogenes infection in susceptible children, are considered as models of autoimmune post-infectious disease. This Research Topic compiled clinical and scientific data and brings interesting viewpoints of clinicians and basic researchers. The ensemble of data and ideas certainly makes a new portrait of the mechanisms leading the autoimmune reactions. On the other hand, the clinical data contributes with the diagnosis and prevention of the disease.

【 授权许可】

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