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“Basically, you need three ingredients: self-antigen, an inflammatory environment and autoimmune predisposition,” he says.

From Scientific American • Sep. 14, 2021

In peripheral tolerance, functional, mature B cells leave the bone marrow but have yet to be exposed to self-antigen.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

The reason for this association is likely because if one’s MHC molecules are not able to present a certain self-antigen, then that particular autoimmune disease cannot occur.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

As T and B cells mature, there are mechanisms in place that prevent them from recognizing self-antigen, preventing a damaging immune response against the body.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

When a B cell binds to a self-antigen but receives no signals from a nearby Th2 cell to produce antibody, the cell is signaled to undergo apoptosis and is destroyed.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013