TY - JOUR T1 - Specific antigen(s) in sarcoidosis: a link to autoimmunity? JF - European Respiratory Journal JO - Eur Respir J SP - 707 LP - 709 DO - 10.1183/13993003.01791-2015 VL - 47 IS - 3 AU - Gernot Zissel AU - Joachim Müller-Quernheim Y1 - 2016/03/01 UR - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/47/3/707.abstract N2 - Pulmonary sarcoidosis is a systemic granulomatous disease of unknown origin characterised by an increase in immune cells in the lower respiratory tract, mainly macrophages and CD4+ T-cells. These cells bear signs of regular activation by a nominal antigen, and release cytokines and chemokines shaping and driving the disease progression [1].In sarcoidosis, do microbes induce autoreactive T-cells by antigen mimicry? http://ow.ly/Ux0cR ER -