These data suggest that HLA genotyping at birth may identify individuals at very high risk of developing type 1 diabetes before the occurrence of clear signs of islet autoimmunity and, eventually ...

First, some genes affect the overall reactivity of the immune system and thus can predispose the individual to many different types of autoimmune disease. Second, this altered immunoreactivity is ...

Bacteria in the gut have been implicated in autoimmune diseases, like lupus, that don't primarily affect the gastrointestinal ...

To date, more than 80 different autoimmune diseases have been described including rheumatoid arthritis (RA), Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE), Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and Type 1 Diabetes (T1D).

Researchers in the Peter Gorer Department of Immunobiology have identified that features of the immune system that were previously considered to be characteristics of autoimmune diseases are ...

They develop as a result of an overreaction of your immune system. Researchers have identified many types of autoimmune vasculitis. Some of these conditions, such as Kawasaki’s disease ...

Conventional therapies for autoimmunity and cancer rely primarily ... that is inherent to this approach and indicates the types of problem that are encountered as a result (Table 1).