Related to Auto-immune disorders:rheumatoid arthritis,Lupus au·to·im·mune (ô′tō-ĭ-myo͞on′) adj. Of, relating to, or resulting from an immune response by the body against an antigen in its own cells or tissues:an autoimmune reaction; an autoimmune disorder. ...
Autoinflammatory syndromes are characterized by an exaggerated activation of the innate immune system and frequently present with skin symptoms. In contrast to autoimmune disorders no specific autoantibodies or autoreactive immune cells are detected. Thus, the diagnosis is usually difficult and can only ...
By the time convincing evidence was available, a number of systemic and organ-specific disorders were already accepted as autoimmune. The paradox of autoimmunity was eventually understood in terms of immune tolerance or the process by which the host establishes an inventory of antigenic self. ...
CURRENT KNOWLEDGE AND KEY POINTS: Most of the organs can be targeted by an immune process due to the lymphoproliferative disease: they include skin diseases (paraneoplastic pemphigus, vasculitis, urticaria, acrosyndromes), peripheral and central nervous system involvement (polyneuropathy, multifocal ...
(ELISAs, line blots and immunoblots). Positivity for autoantibodies is not sufficient for the diagnosis of AIH since they can be present, usually at low titer, in other liver disorders such as viral hepatitides [148], Wilson disease [149] and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis [150]. Other ...
Pharmaceutical for use in the treatment of viral and bacterial infection, inflammatory disorders and diseases, asthma or allergies, cancer, and auto immune diseases and disorders and vaccine adjuvants to modulate the immune system tmClass Examples: - bacteria: models with infections for screening ...
However, it should be noted that in this series of cases, three of the four cases of this localized disease of the lymphoid system presented themselves as "idiopathic" auto-immune hemolytic anemia. The primary pathologic diagnosis was discovered only after extended observation and or operative ...
For the immune system to function effectively, the body must be able to distinguish foreign antigens from self-antigens. However, the mechanisms which maintain this distinction may break down and result in auto-immune disease in which self-reacting antibodies and T-cells are produced. This articl...
Besides myasthenia gravis, which is found in 15 to 20% of patients with thymoma, other autoimmune diseases have been reported: erythroblastopenia, systemic lupus erythematosus, inflammatory myopathies, thyroid disorders, Isaac's syndrome or Good's syndrome. More anecdotally, Morvan's syndrome, ...
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