Autoimmunity: Are we asking the right question?

oleh: Polly Matzinger

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-11-01

Deskripsi

For decades, the main question immunologists have asked about autoimmunity is “what causes a break in self-tolerance?” We have not found good answers to that question, and I believe we are still so ignorant because it’s the wrong question. Rather than a break in self-tolerance, I suggest that many autoimmune diseases might be due to defects in normal tissue physiology.