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The loss of the recognition of some body tissue as "self" is part of autoimmune disease. Antibodies and T cells attack the body's own tissue. Some examples of this include some forms of diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis and lupus.
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| autoimmune disease |
A disease in which autoantibodies or lymphocytes attack other molecules, cells, or tissues within the body; the body launches an immune response against its own tissue. Psoriasis is widely believed to be an autoimmune disease, as is psoriatic arthritis.
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| autoimmune disease |
a disease that results when the immune system mistakenly attacks the body's own tissues. Rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus are autoimmune diseases ("auto" means self).
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| autoimmune disease |
Diseases characterized by an individual's immune system developing an inappropriate responses to their own cells or tissues.
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| autoimmune disease |
Disorder of the body's immune system in which the immune system mistakenly attacks and destroys body tissue that it believes to be foreign. Insulin-dependent diabetes is an autoimmune disease because the immune system attacks and destroys the insulin-producing beta cells.
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