Autoimmunity
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Used for
environment related autoimmunity, self recognition (immune), self tolerance (immune)
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Broader Terms
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Related Terms
antiidiotype antibody, autoantibody, autoantigen
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Scope Note
developmentally complex, not necessarily pathological, possibly pervasive, cell or humoral immune system reactivity toward autologous (self) antigens; do not confuse with AUTOIMMUNE DISORDER.
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Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)
- Autoimmunity is nothing more than the immune response directed to the body of the patient himself or herself.
- are proposing, the root cause of autoimmunity is a failure to make an adequate response to an infection, in other words, an immune system that is not working hard enough (one that is hyporesponsive).
- A more accurate definition of autoimmunity is that it is a modern disease created by greed.
- are proposing, the root cause of autoimmunity is a failure to make an adequate response to an infection - in other words, an immune system that is not working hard enough (one that is hyporesponsive).
- Protective DNA vaccination against organ-specific autoimmunity is highly specific and discriminates between single amino acid substitutions in the peptide autoantigen.
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