Autoimmunity Flashcards by Emily Wilson | Brainscape

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Addison’s disease

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self antigen to adrenal cells

autoantibody response

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Autoimmune haemolytic anaemia

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self antigen to RBC membrane proteins

autoantibody response

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Goodpasture’s syndrome

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self antigen to renal and lung basement membranes

autoantibody response

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Hashimoto’s thyroiditis

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self antigen to thyroid proteins

autoantibodies, T cell response

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Grave’s disease

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self antigen to TSH receptor

autoantibody response

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Idiopathic thrombocytopenia

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self antigen to platelet membrane proteins

autoantibody response

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Insulin-dependant diabetes

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self antigen to pancreatic beta cells

autoantibodies, T cell response

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Myasthenia gravis

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self antigen to acetylcholine receptors

autoantibody response

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Pernicious anaemia

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self antigen to intrinsic factor

autoantibody response

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Post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis

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self antigen to kidney

immune complex response

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Spontaneous infertility

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self antigen to sperm

autoantibody response

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Ankylosing spondylitis

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self antigen to vertebrae

immune complex response

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Multiple sclerosis

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self antigen to brain or white matter

autoantibodies, T cell response

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Rheumatoid arthritis

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self antigen to connective tissue, IgG

immune complex response

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Scleroderma

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self antigen to nuclei, heart, lung, GIT, kidney

autoantibody response

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Systemic lupus erythrematosus

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self antigen to DNA, nuclear proteins, RBCs

immune complex response