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Learning Objectives: Autoimmunity

Reading Assignment: Janeway Ch 13 pp 557-596 and Ch 14 pp 613-630 or Parham Ch 11.

Supplementary Materials: Autoimmunity, ToolBox

Autoimmunity summarizes immune reactions to self antigens. It describes examples of autoimmune diseases and their links to HLA antigen alleles, discusses some of the possible ways an immune response develops to self tissues, and considers therapies for autoimmune diseases.

When you finish Autoimmunity, you should be able to

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Written by Janet M. Decker, PhD      jdecker@u.arizona.edu
Last modified April 11, 2006