Related topics: rheumatoid arthritis , cells , immune cells , immune system , t cells
Autoimmune disease
hideAutoimmune diseases arise from an overactive immune response of the body against substances and tissues normally present in the body. In other words, the body really attacks its own cells. This may be restricted to certain organs (e.g. in thyroiditis) or involve a particular tissue in different places (e.g. Goodpasture's disease which may affect the basement membrane in both the lung and the kidney). The treatment of autoimmune diseases is typically with immunosuppression—medication which decreases the immune response.
For more information about Autoimmune disease, read the full article at
Wikipedia.
This text uses material from Wikipedia and is available under the GNU Free Documentation License.
News tagged with autoimmune diseases
Breakthrough on causes of inflammatory bowel disease
Dec 17, 2009 |
4.3 / 5 (4) |
0
New research by the University of Adelaide could help explain why some people are more prone to Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis and other autoimmune diseases.
Search results for autoimmune diseases
Major breakthrough may pave the way for therapeutic vaccines
Dec 17, 2009 |
4 / 5 (1) |
0
It should be possible to use therapeutic vaccines to create both cheap and effective drugs for diseases like cancer and allergies. One problem in developing such vaccines has previously been the lack of adjuvants, substances ...
TGen analysis identifies biomarkers for diabetic kidney failure
Dec 16, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
Researchers using a DNA analysis tool developed by the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) and UCLA have identified genetic markers that could help treat chronic kidney disease among diabetics.
First immunological clue to why some H1N1 patients get very ill or die
Dec 15, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
An international team of Canadian and Spanish scientists have found the first potential immunological clue of why some people develop severe pneumonia when infected by the pandemic H1N1 virus.
List of search results for autoimmune diseases
