DOES AIDS EMERGE FROM A DISEQUILIBRIUM BETWEEN 2 COMPLEMENTARY GROUPSOF MOLECULES THAT MIMIC MHC

Ther is increasing evidence that a disturbance of self-nonself-recogni tion plays an important role in the immunopathogenesis of AIDS. Here, Cancer Susal, Volker Daniel and Gerhard Opelz speculate that the immun e system is balanced between two groups of molecules that mimic major histocompatibility complex (MHC) proteins; AIDS is suggested to emerge as a consequence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disturbing thi s balance in favor of anti-MHC class II responses.