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CMV, a herpes virus, causes chronic asymptomatic infections in immunocompetent individuals, termed latency [ 13 ] . However, in situations of immunocompromise, CMV is reactivated, which in many cases leads to organ failure and death [ 13 ] . Epidemiological reports indicate that chronic CMV infections in humans may play an important role in pathogenesis of vascular diseases such as atherosclerosis [ 14 ] and systemic sclerosis [ 11 12 ] . In addition, a recent report [ 15 ] revealed that SSc autoantibodies bind to CMV late protein UL94 and induce apoptosis in endothelial cells therefore implicating molecular mimicry as a potential mechanism accounting for the link between SSc and CMV.
Since this gene product plays a significant role in vasculogenic mimicry [ 17 ] . Classifying the expression level is biologically crucial.
To stimulate a complete autoimmune response, two signals (one antigen specific and one not antigen specific), are necessary [ 31 ] . The best described antigen-specific mechanism is molecular mimicry, whereby some component of the offending virus resembles the host structure on a molecular level, thus providing the template for antibody formation that may crossreact with self-antigen.
The frightening conclusion, if mockery precedes mimicry, is that any minute now we'll all be working for Tina Brown.