In the spectrum of immunological diseases affecting various organs by inflammation and/or
fibrosis, autoimmune reactions play an important role. Based on different studies both in …

Immunology is a relatively new specialty. Ironically, the immune system impacts every
physiological system in the body, but yet most textbooks of physiology do not include any …

Current treatment of human autoimmune diseases (AIDs) was developed empirically and
relies mostly on non-selective suppression of the immune system. Traditional non-selective …

The first textbook on autoimmunity was published by Ian Mackay and McFarland Burnett in
1963. It was the first attempt to summarize existing knowledge on human autoimmunity …

Autoimmune diseases represent a family of at least 80 illnesses that share a common
pathogenesis, namely an immune-mediated attack by the body on its own organs, tissues …

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The Mosaic of Autoimmunity: The Novel Factors of Autoimmune Diseases describes the
multifactorial origin and diversity of expression of autoimmune diseases in humans. The …

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 …

The mechanisms that control autoimmune diseases are still a mystery. Many major issues
related to the etiology of the diseases, the nature of immune mechanisms that mediate …