1) English-language journal 2) Immunology journal 3) Pathology
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Autoimmunity is the failure of an organism in recognizing its own constituent parts as self, thus leading to an immune response against its own cells and tissues. Any disease that results from such an aberrant immune response is termed an autoimmune disease. Prominent examples include Celiac disease, diabetes mellitus type 1, Sarcoidosis, systemic...
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[journal] Autoimmunity is an international, peer-reviewed medical journal that covers the pathogenesis, immunology, genetics, and molecular biology of immune and autoimmune responses. In addition, the journal focuses on the autoimmune processes associated with systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, Sjögren syndrome, diabetes, ...
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the state in which the immune system reacts against the body`s own normal components, producing disease or functional changes.[4 related articles]
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A reaction to an individual's own tissues to which tolerance has been lost. Autoantibodies are not necessarily harmful and are commonly encountered in healthy persons.
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<immunology> A condition in which an individual's immune system starts reacting against his or her own tissues, causing diseases such as lupus. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
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(aw″to-ĭ-mu´nĭ-te) a condition characterized by a specific humoral or cell-mediated immune response against the constituents of the body's own tissues (autoantigens); it may result in hypersensitivity reactions or, if severe, in autoimmune disease.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: aw′tō-i-myū′ni-tē Definitions: 1. In immunology, the condition in which one's own tissues are subject to deleterious effects of actions of the immune system, as in autoallergy and in autoimmune disease; specific humoral or cell-mediated immune response against the body's own tissues. Synonyms: au...
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Autoimmunity: A misdirected immune response that occurs when the immune system goes awry and attacks the body itself. Autoimmunity is present to some extent in everyone and is usually harmless. However, autoimmunity can cause a broad range of human illnesses, known collectively as autoimmune diseases. Autoimmune diseases occur when there is progres...
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The state of having acquired an immunologic memory that says a normal cell membrane is 'other', and having forming antibody responses against it.
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[
n] - production of antibodies against the tissues of your own body
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autoimmunity 1. An immune state in which antibodies are formed against the person's own body tissues. 2. Antibody production by an organism in response to and against any of its own tissues.
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in HIV vaccination, a theoretical adverse effect in which the vaccine causes immune responses that are inappropriately directed at a persons own tissues.
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noun production of antibodies against the tissues of your own body; produces autoimmune disease or hypersensitivity reactions
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In medicine, condition in which the body's immune responses are mobilized not against `foreign` matter, such as invading germs, but against the body itself. Diseases considered to be of autoimmune origin include myasthenia gravis, rheumatoid arthritis, and lupus erythematosus. In autoimmune diseases T-lymphocytes reproduce to exce...
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Producing an immune response against normal or altered body components.
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T-cells start killing normal cells in the body.
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