title: Autoimmune diseases: tracing the shared threads.
abstract: Autoimmune diseases tend to be viewed as separate entities. A broader perspective, however, may reveal shared mechanisms that are the cause of disease rather than just the by-products of disease. If this perspective were applied, patients would benefit from improved therapies and early intervention, before the development of irreversible tissue damage.
authors.affiliation: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md, USA.
authors.forename: N R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Rose
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology* / Q000628:therapy; D015551:Autoimmunity; D006801:Humans