Autoimmune is a kind of disease that theimmune systemof the body that attacks tissues wrongly. Someautoimmune diseasesonly target one organ, like type 1 diabetes(T1D), which damages the pancreas. Some others, such assystemic lupus erythematosus(SLE), affect the whole body[20]. Researchers do ...
To determine the set of autoimmune diseases from the given options, we will analyze each option one by one.1. Understanding Autoimmune Diseases: - Autoimmune diseases occur when the immune system mistakenly attacks the body
Researchers in the lab of Myra Lipes, M.D., have shown in both mice and people that myocarditis can be triggered by a protein called alpha-myosin heavy chain, which is found only in heart muscle and in especially low quantities in human heart tissue. While myocarditis often follows viral ...
the body produces too much of the protein collagen. collagen provides structure to muscle, connective tissue and skin, and also promotes skin elasticity. in some patients, scleroderma affects only the skin, while other patients suffer systemic effects that can impact multiple areas of the body. ...
Myasthenia gravis is an autoimmune illness that affects neuromuscular connections, leading to muscle weakness, ptosis, and diplopia. Pathogenic antibodies against the acetylcholine receptor (AChR) and muscle-specific kinase (MuSK) are present in approximately 80 % and 1 %–10 % of patients wit...
Infectious Diseasemeans an illness that is capable of being spread from one individual to another. muscular dystrophymeans a group of hereditary genetic muscle disease that weakens the muscles that move the human body and persons with multiple dystrophy have incorrect and missing information in their ...
While any autoimmune disease can be hard to manage day to day, there are a few that can be fatal: Giant cell myocarditis.Though rare, giant cell myocarditis is a life-threatening autoimmune condition that attacks your heart muscle. It has a one-year death rate of 70%. ...
This mechanism is possible because the infecting virus shares structural similarity with one or more of the infected host’s own tissue antigens, which activates B and T cells and leads to a cross-reactive immune response that attacks both the viral antigens and the host’s tissue antigens [...
It is previously called lupoid hepatitis, which is a chronic disease of the liver that results when the body’s immune system attacks liver cells leading the liver to be inflamed. Its symptoms are fatigue or muscle aches, signs of acute liver inflammation like fever, jaundice, and right upper...
英文: Acquired MG is an autoimmune disease in which the body immune system mistakenly attacks and destroys special proteins (acetylcholine receptors) located on the muscle surface where the nerve attaches to the muscle. 中文: 犬重肌无力症属于一种自身免疫性疾病,疾病的发病机理为狗体内免疫系统攻击并...