[Autoimmune diseases: an aberrant behavior of our immune system?].
If autoimmunization seemed unthinkable at the beginning of this century, this phenomenon is now widely recognized. After a short recall of the immune system mechanism, we describe the recent concept allowing to explain the auto-antibody synthesis and their role in human pathology. The therapeutical strategies of autoimmune diseases are briefly evoked.
Salmon
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Laboratoire d'Immunopathologie CHU, Université de Liège.
D000818:Animals; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000276:immunology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D007107:Immune System / Q000503:physiopathology*
Les maladies auto-immunes: un comportement aberrant de notre système immunitaire?