autoimmunity
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In immunology, autoimmunity is the system of immune responses of an organism against its own healthy cells, tissues and other normal body constituents. Any disease resulting from this type of immune response is termed an "autoimmune disease". Prominent examples include celiac disease, diabetes mellitus type 1, Henoch–Schönlein purpura, systemic lupus erythematosus, Sjögren syndrome, eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis, Hashimoto's thyroiditis, Graves' disease, idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, Addison's disease, rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, polymyositis, dermatomy
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Research
303,537 papers- The increasing prevalence of autoimmunity and autoimmune diseases: an urgent call to action for improved understanding, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.Current opinion in immunology · 2023
- [Autoimmunity in rheumatology: A review].Terapevticheskii arkhiv · 2023
- Autoimmunity and cancer.Autoimmunity reviews · 2021
- The immunobiology of herpes simplex virus encephalitis and post-viral autoimmunity.Brain : a journal of neurology · 2024
- Autoimmunity in 2014.Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology · 2015
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19 sectionsContents
- History
- Low-level autoimmunity
- Immunological tolerance
- Immunodeficiency and autoimmunity
- Causes
- Genetic factors
- Existential Factors (a.k.a Endogenous Environmental)
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- Environmental factors
- Infectious diseases and parasites
- Chemical agents and drugs
- Pathogenesis of autoimmunity
- Classification
- Diagnosis
- Treatments
- Nutrition and autoimmunity
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In immunology, autoimmunity is the system of immune responses of an organism against its own healthy cells, tissues and other normal body constituents. Any disease resulting from this type of immune response is termed an "autoimmune disease". Prominent examples include celiac disease, diabetes mellitus type 1, Henoch–Schönlein purpura, systemic lupus erythematosus, Sjögren syndrome, eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis, Hashimoto's thyroiditis, Graves' disease, idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, Addison's disease, rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, polymyositis, dermatomyositis, and multiple sclerosis. Autoimmune diseases are very often treated with steroids.
Autoimmunity means presence of antibodies or T cells that react with self-protein and is present in all individuals, even in normal health state. It causes autoimmune diseases if self-reactivity can lead to tissue damage.