Your immune system attacking your own body.
An autoimmune response is always disadvantageous to a person, as it involves the immune system attacking the body's own healthy cells and tissues. This can lead to chronic inflammation, tissue damage, and various autoimmune diseases.
An autoepitope is an autoimmune epitope - a part of a biomolecule which is the target of an immune response.
Asthma
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An arteritis is an inflammation of arterial walls, often due to infection or an autoimmune response.
It occurs when the body produces antibodies that coat red blood cells
The cause of polyglandular deficiency syndromes is usually an autoimmune response
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Myasthenia gravis is an autoimmune disease marked by muscle weakness and fatigue. The symptoms are activated when the immune system produces antibodies that interfere with the transmission of nerve signals to skeletal (voluntary) muscle. As a result, the affected muscles cannot contract normally.
Rheumatoid arthritis is widely thought to be an auto immune disease in which the immune system attacks the body, although some medical professionals believe it is caused by a virus or bacteria triggering a response from the immune system.
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