Assertion: autoimmune disease's system | /r/CapableOf | attack healthy tissues
Facets:
value: in error
type: MANNER
value: in the body
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: An autoimmune disease occurs when the immune system attacks healthy tissues in the body, mistaking them to be antigens or foreign bodies.
text: These drugs work by suppressing the immune system that’s attacking healthy tissue.
text: On a basic level, autoimmune disease occurs because the body’s natural defenses — the immune system — attack the body’s own healthy tissue.
text: However, all autoimmune diseases have one thing in common: the immune system – which is designed to protect the body against infection - makes a mistake and attacks its own healthy tissue.
text: An autoimmune disease causes the immune system to attack and damage healthy tissues or organs by mistake.
text: The specific cause of autoimmune diseases is not clear, but it is thought that exposure to a drug or infectious agent (such as viruses or bacteria) triggers the immune system to attack healthy tissues.
text: The body’s immune system attacks the healthy tissues, and in a way fails to activate the antibodies to protect the good cells.
text: As a result, the immune system becomes hyper-reactive, attacking the healthy tissue in error.