You are diagnosed with the autoimmune disease Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, causing your immune system to produce antibodies against specific tissues in your body. This best represents a failure of ________.
A. innate immunity
B. clonal-anergy, because lymphocytes that recognize self antigens are not being activated
C. central tolerance, because lymphocytes that recognize self antigens are not being activated
D. clonal-deletion, because lymphocytes that recognize self antigens are not being destroyed
Answer: D
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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word