MYH14 and Hashimoto thyroiditis: Moreover, various attempts to associate autoantibodies against self's myosin and its B13 epitope and against parasite specific antigens [58], [59] paralleled the experimental counterpart animal models of Hashimoto thyroiditis [55], EAE [56], and CVB3 myocarditis [57], in which the adjuvant effect was necessary to provide the second signal that triggers inflammatory lesions [53].