Autoimmune diseases are characterized by a pathologic response to self-or autoantigens;
these responses can be categorized as autoimmunity or autoreactivity and underlie a wide …

The immune system must be able to discriminate between self and non-self. However,
mechanisms of doing so sometimes fail, causing the activation and clonal expansion of …

Several matters concerning the term “Autoimmunity” have arisen the last two decades. Most
researchers agree that a degree of natural autoimmunity in the absence of disease is …

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 …

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The human immune system, in collaboration with other physiologic systems of the body, has
evolved to provide the stable interior environment required to sustain survival and permit …

In autoimmune diseases the immune system attacks self antigen (s). There are more then 80
autoimmune diseases occuring in 5–6% of the population. Autoimmune diseases can be …

Autoimmune disorders are caused due to break down of the immune system, which
consequently fails in its ability to differentiate" self" from" non-self" in the context of …

A hallmark of immune responses is the ability to discriminate self versus non-self among the
myriad antigens that can be present in different locations in an organism at various times …