When the Body Attacks Itself

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"ScienceDaily (Mar. 28, 2011) — Many chronic diseases are the result of the body's immune system mistakenly perceiving that the body is under attack from foreign bodies. A counterattack is then launched -- an inflammatory response meant to vanquish the intruder. In reality, the immune system has misinterpreted the threat and is actually attacking the body's own cells and tissue.

Unless this situation is rectified, an inflammation can become chronic and eventually lead to psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis or a number of other inflammatory conditions. Professor Berit Johansen and her research colleagues at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim have discovered one of the culprits in this process -- the enzyme phospholipase A2 (PLA2)."

When the body attacks itself
 
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