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Innate immunity in the etiopathology of autoimmunity

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A recent workshop was convened under the auspices of the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) to examine the relationship of the innate immune system to autoimmune disorders.

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Figure 1: Innate immunity enhances recognition of self-antigen by immature B cells within bone marrow.

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