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
an autoimmune response
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
4 autoimmune disease
No, IBM, or Inclusion Body Myositis, is not classified as an autoimmune disease. It is a progressive inflammatory muscle disorder characterized by muscle weakness and wasting, primarily affecting the proximal muscles. While autoimmune mechanisms may play a role in its pathology, it is distinct from typical autoimmune diseases, which involve an immune response against the body's own tissues.
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.
Allergen
Asthma is not classified as an autoimmune disease; it is primarily a chronic inflammatory condition of the airways. While it involves an immune response to environmental triggers, it does not result from the immune system attacking the body's own tissues, which is characteristic of autoimmune diseases. Instead, asthma is often associated with allergic reactions and airway hyperreactivity.