How to Use autoimmune in a Sentence

autoimmune

adjective
  • Jada has been open about her hair loss amid her battle with autoimmune disorder alopecia.
    Mia McNiece, PEOPLE.com, 28 Mar. 2022
  • Alopecia areata is an autoimmune disease that causes hair loss.
    Omar Abdel-Baqui, WSJ, 28 Mar. 2022
  • Problems with gene function can lead to conditions such as cancer, diabetes and autoimmune disease.
    Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 7 Oct. 2024
  • The actress has alopecia, an autoimmune disorder that causes hair loss, and some people have noted that Rock’s comment was ableist.
    Rebecca Sun, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Mar. 2022
  • His wife Jada Pinkett Smith in recent years has talked about having alopecia, an autoimmune skin disease that can cause hair loss.
    Rodney Ho, ajc, 28 Mar. 2022
  • Villanueva, as many fans remember, is afflicted with alopecia, an autoimmune disease that can cause dramatic hair loss.
    Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2022
  • This is similar to what happens in type 1 diabetes, an autoimmune disorder in which the body destroys its own beta cells and therefore cannot make insulin.
    Tasnim Ahmed, CNN, 28 Mar. 2022
  • Simmons says in her quest for an answer, she was first diagnosed with vitiligo, an autoimmune disease where the skin loses patches of pigmentation.
    Shivani Majmudar, SELF, 25 Mar. 2022
  • Just a few months ago, Jada Pinkett Smith opened up publicly about her struggle with an autoimmune disorder called alopecia, or hair loss.
    Nina Shapiro, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2022
  • In fact, most people with autoimmune disorders rely on immunosuppressive medicines to quiet their immune systems.
    William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
  • Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease where the patient’s immune system attacks insulin-producing cells in the pancreas.
    Michael Irving, New Atlas, 30 Sep. 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • One of those drugs, methotrexate, is used to treat autoimmune disorders and cancer.
    Catherine Garcia, The Week, 14 July 2022
  • Most of them need new livers because they were born with autoimmune diseases or birth defects.
    Brenda Goodman, CNN, 13 May 2022

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