How can prevent the development of autoimmune disease

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ASSIGNMENT:

a. Describe the key features of the antigen(s) involved in a non-organ-specific autoimmune disease.

b. For each of the following immunological factors, briefly describe how each can prevent the development of autoimmune disease:

i. central tolerance

ii. regulatory T cells

iii. a failure in autoantigen processing and presentation

iv. autoantigen sequestration.

c. Describe two different mechanisms by which an infectious agent can trigger autoimmunity.

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