glossary:immunological_tolerance
Immunotolerance - recognition of “self”, the phenomenon by which the immune system normally suppresses immunological responses to cells of the body, ie self-antigens. In diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, this mechanism is faulty, and the body is attacked by its own immune system.
See also: Immune tolerance
glossary/immunological_tolerance.txt · Last modified: 2012/10/16 14:40 (external edit)
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