"Autoimmunity" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Process whereby the immune system reacts against the body's own tissues. Autoimmunity may produce or be caused by AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES.
| Descriptor ID |
D015551
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G12.450.192
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Autoimmunity".
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Autoimmunity" by people in this website by year, and whether "Autoimmunity" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1997 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 1998 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 1999 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2001 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| 2002 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2003 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2004 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2005 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2006 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2007 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2008 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2009 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 2010 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2011 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2012 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2013 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2014 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2015 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2016 | 9 | 3 | 12 |
| 2017 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2018 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 2019 | 2 | 9 | 11 |
| 2020 | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| 2021 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 2022 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2024 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2026 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Autoimmunity" by people in Profiles.
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Wang Y, Afshari K, Haddadi NS, Lopes CS, Eng CL, Whiteman LM, Martinez N, Kyawe PP, Anufrieva KS, Wei K, Frieda K, Rosenbach M, Vleugels RA, Gallucci S, Harris JE, Rashighi M, Garber M. A spatially coordinated keratinocyte-fibroblast circuit recruits MMP9+ myeloid cells to drive type I interferon-driven inflammation in photosensitive autoimmunity. Nat Immunol. 2026 Jun; 27(6):1184-1196.
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Funsten M, de Pooter R, Varanasi V, Burrows M, Block K, Kuznetsov A, Serreze D, Huang H, Chervonsky A. B cells enable autoreactive T cells to avoid suppression. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2026 Apr 14; 123(15):e2536291123.
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Shepard DM, Hahn S, Chitre M, Neff H, Ward DV, Jadhav N, Richmond JM, Ramirez-Ortiz ZG. SCARF1 deficiency exacerbates gut inflammation and autoimmune pathology. Sci Rep. 2026 Feb 11; 16(1).
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Krieg AM. New insights into the role of IFN-a/? and TLR7/8/9 in cancer immunotherapy and systemic autoimmunity. J Immunother Cancer. 2025 Sep 18; 13(9).
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Dehdashtian E, Caricchio R. From innate immunity to autoimmunity: Neutrophils in systemic lupus erythematosus pathogenesis. Lupus. 2025 Sep; 34(10):989-1002.
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Collier JJ, Wasserfall CH, Brehm MA, Karlstad MD. Partial remission of type 1 diabetes: Do immunometabolic events define the honeymoon period? Diabetes Obes Metab. 2025 Aug; 27(8):4092-4101.
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Fike AJ, Bricker KN, Gonzalez MV, Maharjan A, Bui T, Nuon K, Emrich SM, Weber JL, Luckenbill SA, Choi NM, Sauteraud R, Liu DJ, Olsen NJ, Caricchio R, Trebak M, Chodisetti SB, Rahman ZSM. IRF7 controls spontaneous autoimmune germinal center and plasma cell checkpoints. J Exp Med. 2025 Jul 07; 222(7).
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Hao K, Marshak-Rothstein A. Nucleic acid triggers of autoimmunity and autoinflammation. Curr Opin Immunol. 2025 Apr; 93:102535.
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Ezzedine K, Tannous R, Pearson TF, Harris JE. Recent clinical and mechanistic insights into vitiligo offer new treatment options for cell-specific autoimmunity. J Clin Invest. 2025 Jan 16; 135(2).
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Dong M, Fitzgerald KA. DNA-sensing pathways in health, autoinflammatory and autoimmune diseases. Nat Immunol. 2024 Nov; 25(11):2001-2014.