A brilliant, groundbreaking report on the dramatic rise of allergic and autoimmune disease,
and the controversial therapies scientists are developing to correct these disorders. From …

Autoimmune diseases are the result of specific immune responses directed against
structures of the self (Burnet and Fenner, 1949). The organism possesses powerful …

There are over 80 defined autoimmune diseases, characterized by the activation of the
immune system and tissue damage in the absence of an external threat to the organism …

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 …

The basic function of the adaptive immune system is to distinguish self from foreign. The
failure of self tolerance can result in autoimmunity, which comes in many forms but still …

The immune system specifically recognizes and eliminates foreign antigens and, thus,
protects integrity of the host. During maturation of the immune system, tolerance …

The critical function of the immune system is to discriminate self from nonself. Tolerance
against self-antigens is a highly regulated process and, in order to maintain it, the immune …

Autoimmune diseases are characterized by the occurrence of antibodies reacting with self-
constituents of the body. The fully updated third edition of Autoantibodies is an in-depth …

Hypersensitivity reactions of the immune system have been broadly categorized into the
atopic and autoimmune depending on whether the antigen triggering the reaction is …