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Tagged with autoimmune human-biology
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Why does damage to myelin sheath in multiple sclerosis lead to a decrease in information reaching the brain from sensory receptors?
In multiple sclerosis(MS), myelin sheath is attacked and damaged. When this happens, there is a decrease in the amount of information reaching the brain from sensory receptors. How and why does a ...
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How do B and T cells work incorrectly in a person with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus?
Systemic lupus erythematosus is an autoimmune disease in which the body's immune system attacks healthy cells. How exactly do B and T cells attack these cells they mistake for pathogens?
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How is the antigen against which autoantibodies are formed, identified?
Say we suspect some new autoimmune disorder in a patient, and we collect blood for serology.
How are self antibodies differentiated from normal ones in the collected sample?
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Do the antibodies in a patient suffering from Hashimoto's, attack the thyroid hormones or the thyroid gland (or both?)?
If oral thyroid hormone supplement is administered, is the attack stopped or does it just create an excess of thyroid hormones so that even after a lot of it is destroyed by the antibodies, there is ...
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How does Celiac's Disease cause people to stop growing?
In all of the sites I've looked on, one of the symptoms of Celiac's Disease is the failure to grow in children. Why would an immune attack against gluten cause stunted growth?
Celiac.org states:
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Is this description of etiology of celiac disease correct?
There is a detailed and, to my inexpert eyes, plausible description of the etiology of celiac disease and other autoimmune disorders posted here: http://no-gluten.org/CeliacDisease.htm
Is it is at ...
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Do macrophages engulf mtDNA?
Let us assume that in a human body, a mitochondrial DNA is released to extracellular environment.
We know that mtDNA inheritance is solely matrilineal.
So the question is, If your mitochondrial DNA ...
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How does Humira work when injected into patients with rheumatoid arthritis?
OK, I have rheumatoid arthritis and I've been injecting Humira 2 times a month for the last 8 months.
As far as I know rheumatoid arthritis is simply an immune system disorder which makes the immune ...
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