Pertaining to autoimmunity, a misdirected immune response that occurs when the immune system goes awry and attacks the body itself. Autoimmunity is present to some extent in everyone and is usually harmless. However, autoimmunity can cause a broad range of human illnesses, known collectively as autoimmune diseases. Autoimmune diseases occur when th [..]

//www.medicinenet.com/thyroid_disorders/article.htm">thyroid disease: Disease of the thyroid gland due to autoimmunity in which the patient's immune system attacks and damages their thyroid. Graves disease and Hashimoto thyroiditis are forms of autoimmune thyroid disease. In these diseases, thyroid-reactive T cells are formed that infi [..]

1952, from auto- + immune.

having to do with the response of an organism to its own cells, tissues, and organs.

autoimmune (pop)

When the immune system fails to recognise self from non-self. Autoimmune diseases include rheumatoid arthritis, type 1 diabetes and Crohn’s disease.

an immune response by the body against one of its own tissues, cells, or molecules.

(adj) of or relating to the immune response of the body against substance normally present in the body

The process of making antibodies against one’s self (one’s intrinsic antigens).

A disease or condition in which in the immune system attacks the body's own tissues. The immune system wrongly identifies vital cells or tissue as a foreign. In rheumatoid arthritis, for example, [..]

An immune response that is developed against the animal's own tissues.

a condition in which the body develops antibodies that destroy its own cells and tissues. Autoimmunity is a normal condition. In unusual situation in which autoimmunity goes awry, an autoimmune disorder may develop, e.g., rheumatoid arthritis or type 1 diabetes.

 When the immune system attacks part of the animal’s own body.

A condition or disease thought to arise from an overactive immune response of the body against substances and tissues normally present in the body.

Of, relating to, or caused by antibodies or T cells that attack molecules, cells, or tissues of the organism producing them (autoimmune diseases).

When the body’s immune system attacks its own normal, healthy tissues.

directed against the body’s own tissue, e.g. autoimmune hepatitis.

directed against the body's own tissue, e.g. autoimmune hepatitis.