Marky90
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To call something an autoimmune disease I think one needs to have good evidence for an adaptive immune response to self antigen - either an autoantibody or anti-self T cells. The innate response cannot really be 'auto' becuase it never changes and does not discriminate self from non-self in an 'optional' way.
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That seems like a good definition..
However let me immunobabble a bit..
Is it possible that some MEs are due to immune systems so dysfunctional, that the mere dysfunction cause lack of physical function. I mean, that is the case with MDS, but I`m thinking that it can occur without the cause originating in the bone marrow as well? And maybe then it can be very hard to find the precise disease mechanism.
..Babble babble..