• Question: What is an immune reaction against self molecules called?

    Asked by Aherrera11 to Ben on 6 Mar 2018.
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      Ben Mulhearn answered on 6 Mar 2018:

      This is known as auto-immunity. It usually occurs when the ADAPTIVE immune system attacks our own self molecules, and therefore the two main cells involved in starting an auto-immune response are T cells and B cells.

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