41. While a high level of autoimmunity is unhealthy, a low level of autoimmunity may actually be beneficial. 42. Another theory suggests the female high tendency to get autoimmunity is due to an imbalanced X chromosome inactivation. 43. Professor Mason is best known for his work on regulatory T cells and their role in preventing autoimmunity . 44. Many of the sites are in genes that have been previously shown to play a role in autoimmunity . 45. In contrast, autoimmunity results from a hyperactive immune system attacking normal tissues as if they were foreign organisms. 46. The importance of this function is clear in TGF-? deficient mice which experience hyperproliferation and unregulated autoimmunity . 47. It serves a number of critical functions in immunity, tolerance, and autoimmunity with the other numerous components. 48. In collaboration with Jeffery Dangl, his group discovered that such barriers in plants are often associated with autoimmunity . 49. In acquired immunity, pathogen-specific maladaptive when it results in autoimmunity ) . | group = n }} 50. Control of the initiating factor ( pathogen ) via vaccination seems to be the most common method to avoid autoimmunity .
