The evolution and breakdown of the immune system: implications for development of autoimmune diseases.
At the most recent meeting of the Scandinavian Society for Immunology in Bergen, one of the major target phenomena was autoimmune diseases. The approach started from the evolutionary origins of immunity, went on to review some of the notable advances in molecular architecture of immune processes and finally focussed the findings on autoimmune disease.
Broegelmann Research Laboratory, University of Bergen, Norway. roland.jonsson@gades.uib.no
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D000818:Animals; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D015551:Autoimmunity; D003167:Complement Activation; D004777:Environment; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D007113:Immunity, Innate; D007694:Killer Cells, Natural / Q000276:immunology; D017634:Self Tolerance