Autoimmune diseases: genes, bugs and failed regulation
Joerg Ermann
& C. Garrison Fathman
Department of Medicine, Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA. (cfathman@leland.stanford.edu)
In this Overview, common themes of the accompanying News & Views on RA, SLE, IDDM, thyroiditis and MS are discussed. A unifying concept for the development of these and other autoimmune diseases should incorporate genetic predisposition, environmental factors and immune dysregulation.
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