Sentences with phrase «by an autoimmune disease called»

This study was performed on people suffering from relapsing of refractory lupus nephritis (an inflammation of the kidneys caused by an autoimmune disease called lupus).

More than 90 percent of hypothyroid cases in the United States are caused by an autoimmune disease called Hashimoto's, in which the immune system attacks and destroys the thyroid gland.

Standard tests only look at thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) even though about 90 percent of cases of hypothyroidism are caused by an autoimmune disease called Hashimoto's.

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By then, her doctors had diagnosed her with a mysterious disease called autoimmune encephalitis, or AE for short.

Those who are severely affected have an autoimmune disease called celiac where the villi in the small intestine are damaged by the immune system, so food isn't absorbed correctly leading to all sorts of problems within the body.

In her findings, Ms. Welch learned that Celiac disease is an autoimmune digestive disease that is triggered by consumption of the protein called «gluten,» which is found in wheat, barley and rye.

Inflammatory arthritis includes a number of autoimmune diseases of the joints — including rheumatoid arthritis and lupus — and in many cases is caused by a type of inflammation called type III hypersensitivity.

Although that marker, called IL21, had not previously been associated with autoimmune diseases, the gene that produces it sits right in the stretch of DNA known to make these mice vulnerable to diabetes, suggesting that IL21 might make a drug target, says Sarvetnick.Furthermore, by giving the animals a shot of dead bacteria — similar to an immunization in humans — when they were newborns, Sarvetnick and her colleagues prevented a surfeit of CD4 + and CD8 + cells.

Osteoarthritis (or OA, also called «wear and tear arthritis») in the past has been classified differently from a disease such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA) which is characterized by system - wide inflammation and autoimmune responses which attacks joint tissue.

«Millions suffer needlessly not knowing their chronic illnesses, digestive problems, headaches, autoimmune diseases, joint pain, weight gain, depression, fatigue and more are caused by eating a staple in our diet — a little pesky protein called gluten found in wheat, barley and rye.

But in autoimmune disease, the body creates a specific type of antibodies called autoantibodies — which end up being used by the body to attack itself.

Since many people associate rashes with allergies, it's not a far stretch when people call dermatitis herpetiformis a form of «gluten allergy,» although it's not a true allergy — like celiac disease, dermatitis herpetiformis is autoimmune in nature (indicating an attack by your own immune system in response to gluten ingestion).