A proposed classification of the immunological diseases

PLoS Med. 2006 Aug;3(8):e297. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030297.

Abstract

The formal recognition and genetic understanding of the autoinflammatory diseases has defined mechanisms of self-directed inflammation that are independent of adaptive immunity.

MeSH terms

  • Arthritis, Psoriatic / immunology
  • Autoimmunity / genetics
  • Autoimmunity / immunology
  • Humans
  • Immune System Diseases / classification*
  • Immune System Diseases / therapy
  • Inflammation / genetics
  • Inflammation / immunology