Assertion: lupus | /r/CapableOf | protect the body
Facets:
value: against foreign invaders
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: against viruses
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: by producing proteins
type: MANNER
value: against bacteria
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: against other foreign materials
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: normally
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: The immune system normally protects the body against viruses, bacteria and other foreign materials, but in an autoimmune disease like lupus, the immune system loses its ability to tell the difference between foreign substances and its own cells and tissues.
text: The immune system protects the body against foreign invaders by producing proteins called antibodies.