Emerging evidence supports the argument that psoriatic arthritis arises from two pathways and that affected immune cells may ...

The discovery of a lung-specific autoantigen, the loss of tolerance to which can result in autoimmune-mediated lung disease, has provided an explanation for the common pulmonary complications of ...

Viruses can serve as triggers of autoimmune disease by acting as adjuvants, leading to the priming of autoantigen-specific lymphocytes. Autoantigen-reactive T and B cells can also be activated ...

Therefore, once sperm, as an autoantigen, activates the human immune system, an autoimmune response against human sperm will occur. The blood-testis barrier and the epididymal blood-epithelium ...