How to Use autoimmune in a Sentence

autoimmune

adjective
  • The doctor may want to rule out conditions such as lupus or lichen planuspilaris, other autoimmune disorders.
    Marci Robin, Allure, 18 Sep. 2021
  • Much research of the past 50 years has focused on a classic hallmark of autoimmune disease: autoantibodies.
    Stephani Sutherland, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2021
  • Unless that happens, patients like Waddleton can't get access to health care or compensation for their autoimmune diseases.
    NBC News, 12 Sep. 2021
  • The biotech has four drugs in development: two for breast and lung cancer, one for tumors that don’t respond to drugs that rev up the immune system, and one for autoimmune diseases and other disorders.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Sep. 2021
  • Crystalline silica, a mineral used in construction, a major component of the debris, is a noted risk factor for autoimmune disorders.
    NBC News, 12 Sep. 2021
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Diabetes, heart disease, cancer, or autoimmune diseases—they’re all like the branches on a tree, and the root causes are few.
    Celia Ellenberg, Vogue, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Tens of thousands of women had sued the company, claiming their implants had given them breast cancer and autoimmune diseases.
    Trip Gabriel, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
  • He was diagnosed with MS at 25 At 25, Cohen was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, an autoimmune disease that targets the central nervous system.
    Ariana Quihuiz, People.com, 7 Jan. 2025

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