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Basically means immunity to self

Horror autotoxicus: Literally, the horror of self-toxicity. A term coined by the German immunologist Paul Ehrlich (1854-1915) to describe the body's innate aversion to immunological self-destruction. Basically means immunity to self

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Basically means immunity to self

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  1. Horror autotoxicus: Literally, the horror of self-toxicity. A term coined by the German immunologist Paul Ehrlich (1854-1915) to describe the body's innate aversion to immunological self-destruction

  2. Basically means immunity to self A condition that occurs when the immune system mistakenly attacks and destroys healthy body tissue.

  3. Immune recognition and injury of self tissues (autoimmunity) results from a loss of self tolerance.

  4. T cell tolerance

  5. Mechanisms of peripheral T cell tolerance Anergy

  6. Activation induced death

  7. T cell mediated suppression

  8. Central B cell tolerance

  9. Peripheral B cell tolerance

  10. Molecular Mimicry May Contribute to Autoimmune Disease • Analogy between the M protein of straptococcus species and the proteins present on heart valves (rheumatic fever) • There Is Evidence for Mimicry Between MBP and Viral Peptides Since the encephalitogenic MBP peptides are known, the extent to which they are mimicked by proteins from other organisms can be assessed. For example, one MBP peptide (amino acid residues 61–69) is highly homologous with a peptide in the P3 protein of the measles virus. In one study, the sequence of another encephalitogenic MBP peptide (66–75) was compared with the known sequences of a large number of viral proteins.

  11. Rheumatic fever

  12. Inappropriate Expression of Class II MHC Molecules Can Sensitize Autoreactive T Cells The pancreatic beta cells of individuals with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) express high levels of both class I and class II MHC molecules, whereas healthy beta cells express lower levels of class I and do not express class II at all.

  13. Release of Sequestered Antigens Can Induce Autoimmune Disease Myelin basic protein (MBP) is an example of an antigen normally sequestered from the immune system, in this case by the blood-brain barrier. In the EAE model, animals are injected directly with MBP, together with adjuvant, under conditions that maximize immune exposure. Release of testicular antigen /accident Cataract surgery

  14. Polyclonal B-Cell Activation Can Lead to Autoimmune Disease Gram-negative bacteria, cytomegalovirus, and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) are all known to be such polyclonal activators, inducing the proliferation of numerous clones of B cells that express IgM in the absence of TH cells. If B cells reactive to self-antigens are activated by this mechanism, auto-antibodies can appear. • Rag weed polysaccharide • Phytohemagglutinin

  15. Genetic Defects • (a) Apoptosis: - Fas or FasL defect  SLE • (b) Association with MHC Class II • e.g. R.A. & DR4, SLE & DR3, • IDDM & DQ - single  at posn. 56, Asp protects, other s IDDM

  16. Ag modification, e.g. by Drugs: • -Me-Dopa altered synth. of RhagAIHA(auto immune hemolyticanemia) • Procainamidenucleosomes-histone, - DNA  SLE

  17. Grave’s Disease

  18. Myasthenia Gravis

  19. Lungs of a patient with Goodpasture’s Hashimoto’s disease (thyroiditis)

  20. Multiple Sclerosis MS patients can have autoantibodies and/or self reactive T cells which are responsible for the demyelination

  21. Sjogren’s Syndrome

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