|
Autoimmune
Classification
*
|
| Disease
|
Antibody
Action on
|
| Myasthenia
gravis (as Aristotle
Onassis had) |
Acetylcholine
receptors |
| Graves's
disease |
Thyroid-stimulating
hormone receptor |
| Thyroiditis |
Thyroid |
Insulin-resistant
diabetes
|
Insulin
receptor |
| Asthma |
Beta-2
adrenergic receptors |
| Juvenile
insulin-dependent diabetes |
Pancreatic
islet cells |
| Pernicious
anemia |
Gastric
parietal cells |
| Addison's
disease |
Adrenal
cells |
| Idiopathic
hypoparathyroidism |
Parathyroid
cells |
| Spontaneous
infertility |
Sperm |
| Premature
ovarian failure |
Interstitial
cells, corpus luteum cells |
| Pemphigus |
Intercellular
substance of skin |
| Primary
biliary cirrhosis |
Mitochondria |
| Autoimmune
hemolytic anemia |
Erythrocytes |
| Idiopathic
thrombocytopenic purpura |
Platelets |
Idiopathic
neutropenia
|
Neutrophils |
| Vitiligo |
Melanocytes |
| Osteosclerosis
and Meniere's disease |
Type-II
collagen |
| Chronic
active hepatitis |
Nuclei
of hepatocytes |
| Goodpasture's
syndrome |
Basement
membranes |
| Rheumatoid
arthritis |
Gamma
globulin, virus-related antigens |
| Sjogren's
syndrome |
Nuclei
and centromeres |
| Systemic
lupus erythematosus |
Nuclei,
DNA, RNA, erythrocytes, etc. |
| Scleroderma |
Nuclei
and centromeres |
| Polymyositis |
Nuclei,
RNA |