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      Defining criteria for autoimmune diseases (Witebsky's postulates revisited)

      Immunology today
      Animals, Autoantibodies, biosynthesis, Autoimmune Diseases, classification, genetics, immunology, Autoimmunity, Disease Models, Animal, Humans, Mice, Mice, SCID, T-Lymphocytes

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          With new knowledge gained from molecular biology and hybridoma technology, as well as the original Witebsky postulates, we propose that three types of evidence can be marshalled to establish that a human disease is autoimmune in origin. They include direct evidence from transfer of pathogenic antibody or pathogenic T cells; indirect evidence based on reproduction of the autoimmune disease in experimental animals; and circumstantial evidence from clinical clues.

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          10.1016/0167-5699(93)90244-F

          Chemistry
          Animals,Autoantibodies,biosynthesis,Autoimmune Diseases,classification,genetics,immunology,Autoimmunity,Disease Models, Animal,Humans,Mice,Mice, SCID,T-Lymphocytes

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