A history of autoimmunity that validates the experience of patients while challenging
assumptions about the distinction between the normal and the pathological. Winner of the …

In this two-part series, Argyrios N. Theofilopoulos summarizes the current state of affairs in
the field of autoimmunity. Part I integrates the collective mechanistic theories of autoimmune …

SINCE the earliest descriptions of the immune system, the ability of an individual to react to a
wide variety of foreign and endogenous antigens, while not responding to one's own self …

The most important theoretical contribution to autoimmunity was the clonal selection theory
of Burnet. This thesis, including the unique terminology of the forbidden clone, laid the …

RECENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS in cellular immu-nology, molecular biology, and genetics
have influenced current thinking about autoimmunity. These accomplishments have led to …

This book attempts to organize the knowledge collected by those who have extensively
studied autoimmune diseases (ADs) into a comprehensive overview of how the immune …

ALTHOUGH this chapter is entitled" The Autoimmune Diseases," one can see that the
diseases in which autoimmune phenomena contribute to pathogenesis are spread …

This is the first book to address all aspects of the biology of autoantibodies in a single
volume, including a discussion of immunology, experimental models, clinical aspects, and …

Natural autoantibodies/natural autoimmunity forms a network that serves to protect the
organism from outer and inner danger but may also contribute to autoimmune disease. This …

Autoimmune disease occurs when the immune system attacks self-molecules as a result of a
breakdown of immunologic tolerance to autoreactive immune cells. Many autoimmune …