Thursday, March 21, 2019

AUTOIMMUNITY part 5




Mechanisms of autoimmune tissue injury and examples

Tissue damage in autoimmune diseases can occur through several mechanisms, which are analogous to three of the classical types of hypersensitivity reactions: type II (caused by autoantibodies reactive with cell surface or matrix antigens), type III (caused by immune complexes), and type IV (delayed-type hypersensitivity, mediated by T cells)

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