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The 38 pages that link to Autoimmunity, each with the reason it gives.

• InflammationCompared with: Inflammation can accompany autoimmunity, but inflammation itself does not require self-directed immunity.

• T cellNarrower topic: Self-reactive T cells can help initiate or sustain attacks on the body’s tissues.

• Immune systemCompared with: It illustrates what happens when tolerance fails and self becomes a target.

• AllergyCompared with: Allergy targets external substances, whereas autoimmunity targets self.

• Myasthenia gravisNarrower topic: Myasthenia gravis begins when immune defenses target proteins at the neuromuscular junction.

• NeuroinflammationRelated: It can cause central nervous system inflammation, but not all neuroinflammation is autoimmune.

• LymphocyteRelated: Self-reactive lymphocytes can contribute to autoimmune disease.

• Innate immune systemRelated: Innate sensing of self-derived danger signals can contribute to autoimmune inflammation.

• ImmunotherapyRelated: Autoimmunity shows why immune activation can harm healthy tissue and complicate treatment.

• Type 1 diabetesNarrower topic: It describes the misdirected immune activity that destroys beta cells.

• Immune toleranceCompared with: Autoimmunity arises when tolerance fails to prevent damaging self-directed responses.

• DemyelinationRelated: Self-directed immune activity causes myelin injury in several acquired disorders.

• Dendritic cellRelated: Dendritic-cell activation and antigen presentation can contribute to self-reactive responses.

• ImmunologyCompared with: It shows how self-recognition can fail and cause disease.

• Adaptive immune systemCompared with: It arises when adaptive recognition targets self rather than foreign antigens.

• ImmunodeficiencyCompared with: Autoimmunity involves harmful immune activity, unlike the inadequate defenses defining immunodeficiency.

• Germinal centerRelated: Faulty selection can allow self-reactive B cells to persist and produce autoantibodies.

• Molecular mimicryNarrower topic: Molecular mimicry is one proposed route by which an immune response can become self-directed.

• VasculitisRelated: Autoimmune responses cause or contribute to many vasculitis syndromes.

• AutoantibodyNarrower topic: Autoantibodies are one possible component of autoimmunity, not its only mechanism.

• Antiphospholipid syndromeNarrower topic: The syndrome is a specific autoimmune condition defined by its antibody-associated clinical events.

• Hashimoto's thyroiditisNarrower topic: Hashimoto's thyroiditis is a tissue-specific form of this broader failure of self-tolerance.

• InterferonNarrower topic: Persistent or misdirected interferon signaling can help sustain autoimmune inflammation.

• VitiligoNarrower topic: Evidence strongly implicates immune attack against melanocytes in many cases of vitiligo.

• InfliximabNarrower topic: Several diseases treated with infliximab involve immune activity against the body's tissues.

• RheumatologyRelated: Many rheumatic diseases arise when immune defenses mistakenly target joints or connective tissue.

• Wiskott–Aldrich syndromeNarrower topic: Immune dysregulation in the syndrome can lead to autoimmune complications.

• Baruj BenacerrafRelated: Genetic control of immune recognition helped frame research into why immune responses sometimes target self.

• Macfarlane BurnetRelated: Burnet’s account of self-tolerance shaped questions about how autoimmune disease arises.

• Niels Kaj JerneRelated: Network-based explanations have been considered in accounts of self-reactivity and its control.

• Relapsing polychondritisNarrower topic: Immune-mediated inflammation is thought to drive cartilage injury, although the precise cause remains unknown.

• Stiff-person syndromeNarrower topic: The syndrome's characteristic antibodies arise from immune recognition of the body's own proteins.

• ThymocyteCompared with: Faulty deletion or diversion of self-reactive thymocytes can contribute to autoimmune disease.

• Immune System DiseasesBroader topic: Self-directed immunity defines a major group of immune system diseases.

• Immune system phenomenaCompared with: It contrasts defense against threats with attack on self.

• Musculoskeletal diseasesRelated: Autoimmunity underlies several chronic inflammatory musculoskeletal disorders.

• Prurigo pigmentosaCompared with: An autoimmune cause has not been established, despite the disorder’s inflammatory skin findings.

• Skin and Connective Tissue DiseasesRelated: It underlies several skin and connective tissue disorders in this broad group.