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Autoimmune DiseaseDescription Autoimmune diseases are characterized by the body's immune responses being directed against its own tissues, causing prolonged inflammation and subsequent tissue destruction. Autoimmune diseases include, but are not limited to: celiac disease, Crohn's disease, pancreatitis, systemic lupus erythematosus, Sjogren's syndrome, Hashimoto's thyroiditis, and other endocrinopathies, allergies, and multiple sclerosis. Autoimmune rheumatoid arthritis is caused when immune-responsive cells attack the linings of the joints. Autoimmune insulin-dependent diabetes is caused when immune cells attack the insulin-producing islet cells of the pancreas. The following is a list of autoimmune diseases and what is attacked. Myasthenia gravis - acetylcholine receptors Graves's disease - thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) receptors Thyroiditis - Thyroid celss Insulin-resistant diabetes - insulin receptors Asthma - Beta-2 adrenergic receptors Juvenile insulin-dependent diabetes - Pancreatic islet cells Pernicious anemia - Gastric parietal cells Addison's disease - Adrenal cells Idiopathic hypoparathyroidism - Parathyroid cells Spontaneous infertility - Sperm Premature ovarian failure - Interstitial cells, corpus luteum cells Pemphigus - Intercellular substance of skin Primary biliary cirrhosis - Mitochondria Autoimmune hemolytic anemia - Erythrocytes Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura - Platelets Idiopathic neutropenia - Neutrophils Vitiligo - Melanocytes Osteosclerosis and Meniere's disease - Type-II collagen Chronic active hepatitis - Nuclei of hepatocytes Goodpasture's syndrome - Basement membranes Rheumatoid arthritis - Gamma globulin, virus-related antigens Sjogren's syndrome - Nuclei and centromeres Systemic lupus erythematosus - Nuclei, DNA, RNA, erythrocytes, etc. Scleroderma - Nuclei and centromeres Polymyositis - Nuclei, RNA Causes Autoimmune diseases are characterized by the body's immune responses being directed against its own tissues, causing prolonged inflammation and subsequent tissue destruction. This is basically an allergic reaction to the body itself.
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