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AIRE (+)
AIRE (-)
Negative
selection
= self Ag-expressed
thymus medullary cell
= self-reactive- T cell
= non-self Ag-expressed
thymus medullary cell
= non-reactive T-cell
= apoptotic T-cell
Peripheral Tolerance
Nave T cell
T regulatory
Autoreactive T cell
Thymus
Periphery
Cytokine release
B cell clones
self antigen
Breaking tolerance
Autoimmunity
Sympathetic
opthalmia
Mechanism of autoimmune
Cluster of
autoimmune
diseases
RA prevalence globally
Country
C.Spain
Minnesota
UK
N.Spain
Sweden
France
Tudela Spain
N.Greece
Total
1.6%
1.07%
0.81%
0.7%
0.51%
0.5%
0.37%
0.35%
Country
Cordoba
Oslo
Greece
N. Italy
France
Indonesia
Yugoslavia
Nigeria
Total
0.34%
0.33%
0.32%
0.32%
0.3%
0.25%
0.19%
0%
Chronic stage
Myasthenia gravis
14
Warm type
12
Cold type
Laki-laki
35.53%
Mix type
10
8
64.47%
6
4
2
0
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
Year
Mean
40
Patient age
Case number
30
20
10
0
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
Year