What is the etiology of autoimmune diseases based on?
a. Reaction to a "superantigen"
b. Immune system producing no antibodies at all
c. T cells destroying B cells
d. B and T cells producing autoantibodies
ANS: D
Autoimmune disorders are failures of the tolerance to "self." B and T cells produce autoantibodies that can cause pathophysiologic tissue damage. Autoimmune disorders may be described as an immune attack on the self and result from the failure to distinguish "self" protein from "foreign" protein.
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