**** caused by the action of the own immune system of the individual are called autoimmune ****.
The autoimmune **** appear when the immune system makes antibodies or defense cells that ** cells, tissues and organs of its own body. The attacked cells or tissues are wrongly recognized as antigens by the immune system. Rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, scleroderma, vitiligo, pemphigus, type I diabetes mellitus, Crohn' ** (chronic inflammation of the gut), myasthenia gravis, Graves **, Hashimoto' **, etc., are all examples of autoimmune ***.
