Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Alopecia and cross-targeting autoimmunity

Hypothesis: autoimmunity is triggered by the cross-targeting of infections. A virus marking the inside of the host's cell and an infection, like a fungus, marks the outside.

Fungus: Candida or aspergillus or malassezia? I have previously connected both to Hashimoto's thyroid disease and type one diabetes.

Hashimoto's, type one diabetes, alopecia
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25759758

Hashimoto's, alopecia, and aps3
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25759758

alopecia and vitiligo
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24700956
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17659001

Malassezia?
http://www.hairloss-research.org/UpdateMalesszia4-09.html

Current suspects for the virus inside are varicella or hepatitis C.

varicella zoster and alopecia
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23526118

hepatitis C and alopecia
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24558223
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23181541

hepatitis C can infect the skin
http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1134161-clinical

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