Autoimmune:Pertaining toautoimmunity, a misdirectedimmune responsethat occurs when theimmune systemgoes awry and attacks the body itself.
Autoimmunity is present to some extentin每个人都和通常是无害的。然而,autoimmunity can cause a broadrangeof human illnesses, known collectively asautoimmunediseases. Autoimmune diseases occur when there is progression frombenignautoimmunity topathogenicautoimmunity. This progression is determined bygeneticinfluences as well as environmental triggers.
Autoimmunity is evidenced by the presence of autoantibodies (antibodies directed against the person who produced them) and T cells that are reactive withhostantigens.
