Autoimmunity is an underlying cause of many diseases, including type I diabetes mellitus, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, systemic lupus erythematosus and Crohn’s disease. The processes that ...

If the gut barrier weakens, a bacterium called Enterococcus gallinarum can leak out of the intestines, colonize the liver and other organs, and trigger a lupus-like autoimmune reaction, reports a team ...

To better understand the transient and chronic autoimmune symptoms caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, researchers from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer ...

It also provides strong evidence that cross-reactivity between human and microbial proteins drives autoimmunity in at least two diseases and probably many others. Now that we understand the underlying ...

There is no evidence to support the idea that previous autoimmunity before or after alemtuzumab treatment predicts subsequent rare but serious and possibly life-threatening autoimmune events that have ...

Autoimmunity was, is and will be considered a hot topic in scientific research. One strong argument that maintains a high ...

Washington: Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is an autoimmune disease in which the pancreas makes little or no insulin. The details of the events that occur during autoimmune destruction of the pancreatic ...

Building on its traditional strengths in immunology and autoimmunity, the Center faculty has developed programs in translational human genetics, focusing on the immunogenetic basis of autoimmune ...

Fully formed gut and skin cells in the thymus are found to be responsible for training the T cells of the immune system not to attack the body's own tissues. Thymus is a lemon-sized organ located in ...

Autoimmunity refers to a failing of the immune system to differentiate between the body’s own tissues and invading bodies. A person’s gender is thought to play a role in the development of ...