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 there is progression from beni [..]

A medical condition in which an animal becomes allergic to its own tissues; may result in a severe illness.

Misdirected immunity with production of antibodies that act against the tissues of one's own body

Immune response to ones' own proteins or other antigens. autoinfection

a condition in which the body's immune system fails to recognize, and therefore rejects its own cells. Autoimmunity increases with age, when the immune system deteriorates. It is a primary factor [..]

(n) production of antibodies against the tissues of your own body; produces autoimmune disease or hypersensitivity reactions

  Autoimmunity is the failure of an organism in recognizing its own constituent parts as self, which allows an immune response against its own cells and tissues. Any disease that results from such an [..]

A condition in which the body's immune system mistakenly fights and rejects the body's own tissues.

A condition in which the body's immune system mistakenly fights and rejects the body's own tissues.

Your immune system fights infections and illnesses. It prevents you from getting sick, or, if you do, it helps you get better. It's called the immune system because it's not just one body pa [..]

  Autoimmunity is when the body's natural defences (the immune system) mistakenly attacks the body's own tissue. "Auto" is derived from the Greek auto, meaning self, and autoimmune [..]

Process whereby the Immune System reacts against the body's own Tissues. Autoimmunity may produce or be caused by Autoimmune Diseases.

Process whereby the immune system reacts against the body's own tissues. Autoimmunity may produce or be caused by AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES.

in HIV vaccination, a theoretical adverse effect in which the vaccine causes immune responses that are inappropriately directed at a person’s own tissues. back to top  

    Autoimmunity is an abnormal immune response of the body against substances and tissues that are normally present in the body. There are more than 50 recognized autoimmune diseases. The development of autoimmunity is also a major risk during immunotherapy using self-antigens, especially in the case of vaccines.

Process whereby the immune system reacts against the body’s own tissues. Autoimmunity may produce or be caused by autoimmune diseases. (Definition from: MeSH via Unified Medical Language System

An organism's immune system attacking its own body.

A condition characterized by a specific antibody (antiphospholipid antibody or antibodies to DNA) or cells (such as Natural Killer Cells) which react with molecules or constituents of the body’s own t [..]