autoimmune response
Body fights itself
An autoimmune response occurs when the immune system mistakenly attacks the body's own tissues, treating healthy cells as threats.
This malfunction underlies conditions like lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, and multiple sclerosis.
The phrase often appears in medical contexts: Her symptoms suggested an autoimmune response to her own thyroid tissue.
- corticosteroidsInflammation-suppressing steroid medications
- antibodiesProteins targeting pathogens
- immunosuppressantsDrugs reducing body defenses
- cytokinesImmune signaling proteins
- swellingAbnormal tissue enlargement
self-recognition · friendly fire · fever · fatigue · chronic fatigue · rheumatoid arthritis · rash · joint pain · inflammation · biologics · Sjögren's syndrome · T-cells · triggers · flare up · attack · type 1 diabetes · overactive · lymphocytes
- celiac diseaseceliac, celiac disease, gluten, gluten intolerance, gluten sensitivity
- disease causesetiology, causation, pathogens, genetics, infection
- Immune Responsesantibody, immunoglobulin, antigen, active immunity, passive immunity
- immunityimmunity, antibodies, innate immunity, T cells, lymphocytes
- Aftereffectsaftermath, aftershock, fallout, side effects, ripple effect
- inflammationacute inflammation, chronic inflammation, pain, heat, swelling
immune system state
autoimmune responseimmunodeficiency
Weakened disease-fighting capacity
immune suppression · immunosuppression · anergy · AIDS · self-tolerance