autoimmune pathology
Type: condition Aliases: autoimmune disease autoimmune autoimmunity autoimmune conditions
Systems Analogy
A corrupted firewall security routine that begins classifying internal system data packets as external malicious attacks.
A state of disease where the immune system mistakenly targets and destroys the body's own healthy cells and tissues.
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Scientific Sources & Verbatim Definitions
- Empirical StudyDavidson A, Diamond B. Autoimmune diseases. N Engl J Med. 2001;345(5):340-350. ↗
"Autoimmunity arises from a breakdown in immunological self-tolerance, leading to targeted tissue destruction by autoantibodies or reactive T cells."