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Immune tolerance was thought to prevent self-directed immune reactions from becoming a major cause of disease.
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Antibodies are immune proteins that recognize specific targets. Those targets are often foreign, such as parts of microbes or their toxins, but antibodies and immune cells can also recognize the body’s own tissues. Normally the immune system restrains these reactions; when that control fails, autoimmune disease can result.
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- 1940s–1960s
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