Because selective pressures change constantly, the immune system is highly adaptable. When that delicate balance is upset autoimmune disease, the consequence of disturbed homeostasis, may ensue. Different as they are in clinical presentation, the members of the autoimmune disease family share basic ...
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When the immune system turns against autoantigens, thus attacking its own tissues, the resulting condition is an autoimmune disease. Common autoimmune diseases include: • glomerulonephritis, which compromises the filtering ability of the kidney tubules • Graves' disease, which stimulates the ...
An autoimmune disease (AD) occurs when the immune system mistakenly targets and attacks the body's own healthy tissues and organs, rather than defending against harmful invaders like bacteria and viruses. Depending on the disease, this reaction that goes in the wrong direction causes swelling, dama...
What is an autoimmune disease?An autoimmune disease causes your body's immune system to attack healthy cells in your body by mistake. Antibodies are created by your body to destroy foreign substances that can be harmful to you. An autoimmune disease causes the antibodies to attack healthy cells...
Immune homeostasis does not rely exclusively on internal suppressive mechanisms of the immune system. Immunocompetence is dependent on, and adaptive and natural immune responses and inflammation are controlled by neuroendocrine regulatory mechanisms. By definition autoimmune disease develops upon the loss of...
Autoimmune disease occurs when the body’s immune system becomes confused and attacks healthy cells and tissues. There are multiple possible causes of autoimmune disease including genetics, inflammation from the “Western diet”, viral infections, bacterial infections, exposure to chemicals in the environ...
Infections. Microorganisms like viruses and bacteria could set off changes that make your immune system attack itself. This may be more likely if you're genetically prone toimmune systemdisease. Certain risk factors raise your chances of getting an autoimmune disorder. Some common ones include: ...
Autoimmune disease:An illness that occurs when the body tissues are attacked by its ownimmune system. The immune system is a complex organization within the body that is designed normally to "seek and destroy" invaders of the body, including infectious agents. Patients withautoimmunediseases frequent...
Our immune system uses all sorts of soldiers, weapons, and shields to go after the bad guys, like viruses and bacteria, and stop them from hurting us. Types of Autoimmune Disease Lesson Summary Learning Outcomes Register to view this lesson Are you a student or a teacher? I am a ...