autocrine signaling
biol. A form of cell signaling in which a cell secretes an autocrine agent (e.g. hormone or chemical messenger) that binds to autocrine receptors on the same cell, leading to […]
autoimmune disease
biol. Disorders of the immune system that result in the inability to differentiate between ‘self’ and ‘non-self’ antigens, leading to the production of an auto-antibody (an antibody against oneself). Such […]
autoimmune disorder
biol. A collection of conditions in which the body’s immune system attacks its own tissues, identifying them as foreign substances. Genetic factors may play a part in this abnormal function, […]
autoimmunity
biol. A condition in which the body produces an immune response against its own tissue constituents. ལུས་པོས་རང་གི་ཕུང་གྲུབ་ཀྱི་གྲུབ་ཆའི་ཁ་གཏད་དུ་ནད་འགོག་ཡ་ལན་སྐྱེད་སྐྲུན་བྱེད་པའི་གནས་སྟངས་ཤིག