How to Use autoimmune in a Sentence

autoimmune

adjective
  • Gasparro has lupus, an autoimmune disease that caused sores to break out on his nose and ears.
    Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 26 Nov. 2021
  • Alopecia areata is an autoimmune disease that causes hair loss.
    Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 14 Dec. 2024
  • It's considered an autoimmune disease in which the immune system attacks its own healthy cells.
    Faith Karimi, CNN, 27 Nov. 2021
  • There are no reports of severe cytokine release syndrome in autoimmune disease.
    Byjennifer Couzin-Frankel, science.org, 14 Nov. 2024
  • These tests help providers diagnose autoimmune thyroid diseases.
    Brandi Jones, Msn-Ed, Rn-Bc, Health, 6 Dec. 2024
  • People with some types of autoimmune diseases have had fairly good responses to vaccination.
    Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 9 Nov. 2021
  • The singer was diagnosed with lupus, an autoimmune disease, at the age of 6, and it’s had a significant impact on her mental health.
    Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Pleasure’s lab also tested her spinal fluid, which revealed the anti-neural antibodies that appeared to be attacking her brain, an autoimmune response.
    Nanette Asimov, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Oct. 2021
  • Lifesaving treatments for autoimmune conditions are complicated by immune responses that work against them.
    Sathy Balu-Iyer, The Conversation, 29 Nov. 2021
  • By Charles Buchanan For people living with autoimmune diseases, their condition can cast a constant shadow over nearly every aspect of their lives.
    Johnson & Johnson, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Alopecia areata is an autoimmune disease that attacks your body's hair follicles, causing patchy hair loss, according to the Cleveland Clinic.
    Escher Walcott, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
  • The cause was close to Bob's heart as his sister Gay Saget died of the autoimmune disease in 1994.
    Charmaine Patterson, PEOPLE.com, 17 Jan. 2022
  • The researchers then looked for signs of an autoimmune response.
    Elaine Chen Reprints, STAT, 5 May 2023
  • Much of the first two and a half years of Mikael’s life were spent in the hospital, battling an autoimmune disorder.
    Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun, 29 May 2022
  • There are many autoimmune diseases, such as GBS, where the body attacks one, or more, specific cell types of the body.
    Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 15 Aug. 2023
  • That stress can lead you to pick at the rash on your hair or skin and even result in autoimmune bald spots, which are called alopecia areata.
    Gabi Thorne, Allure, 27 July 2022
  • The link between covid and Type 1 diabetes might be found in the autoimmune response.
    Annalisa Merelli, Quartz, 22 Oct. 2022
  • Lupus Lupus is an autoimmune disease that causes a red scaly rash on the cheeks and nose, says Dr. Parikh.
    Andi Breitowich, Women's Health, 8 Sep. 2023
  • In autoimmune and other diseases, cells that should not die do, and vice versa: Cells that should die don’t.
    Quanta Magazine, 6 Mar. 2024
  • The autoimmune diet that works best will vary depending on the person.
    Amanda Gardner, Health, 17 Aug. 2023
  • It is now known that CH occurs in some younger patients, such as those with autoimmune diseases.
    Salvatore Viscomi, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2023
  • What does the study say about vitamin D and fish oil, and their effects on autoimmune diseases?
    Alyssa Hui, Health.com, 4 Feb. 2022
  • Pinkett Smith said that she's struggled at times to accept the hair loss that comes with the autoimmune disorder.
    Julie Mazziotta, PEOPLE.com, 1 June 2022
  • The segment marked the actress’ first time talking about the autoimmune disease on TV since she was diagnosed in 2021.
    Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 13 Mar. 2024
  • Crohn’s is just one of the many autoimmune diseases that are inherited.
    Annie Lane, cleveland, 24 Jan. 2023
  • Dr Abrao agreed that the future of endometriosis research needs to solve the mystery of the autoimmune elements of the disease.
    Lucia Osborne-Crowley, refinery29.com, 26 July 2022
  • There are a handful of autoimmune diseases that can cause chronic hives.
    New York Times, 9 May 2022
  • The cause of lupus has long escaped doctors trying to treat the autoimmune disease.
    Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 12 July 2024
  • The autoimmune disease, which strikes about 30% of people who have the skin ailment psoriasis, can cause pain, swelling, and stiffness in the joints.
    Anne Harding, Health, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Pinkett Smith was diagnosed with alopecia in 2018, an autoimmune skin disease that can cause hair loss on the scalp and on other parts of the body.
    Emily Deletter, The Enquirer, 30 Mar. 2022

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