Sentences with phrase «attack on brain tissue»
Patients with PNDs carry antibodies that specifically target these proteins, but identifying the target antigens — intracellular proteins — challenged the dogma that the antibodies mediate disease by causing an autoimmune attack on brain tissue.
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The immune system's attack on the cyst can cause the surrounding brain tissue to swell with inflammation.
Collagen and the amino acids proline and glycine work in unison to heal the lining of an inflamed gut, which quickly stops your immune system from acting on overdrive and attacking the body's healthy tissues, from the skin to the brain.