Glossary of Terms

Vasculitis is a condition that involves inflammation in the blood vessels. The condition occurs if your immune system attacks...

Analysis of the urine.

Intoxication caused by the body's accumulation of metabolic by-products normally excreted by healthy kidneys.

The term undifferentiated connective tissue diseases is used to define conditions characterized by the presence of signs and symptoms...

A lesion of the skin or mucous membranes marked by inflammation, necrosis, and sloughing of damaged tissues. A wide...

Regulatory T cells (Tregs) are a population of CD4+ T cells with a unique role in the immune response....

A protein that regulates the activity of RNA polymerase Source: NIH.gov

Surgical removal of a diseased or injured joint and its replacement with an orthosis.

Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are an essential arm of the innate immune response to bacteria, viruses and fungi and link...

Producing immunological tolerance.

Tolerance is the prevention of an immune response against a particular antigen. For instance, the immune system is generally...

Antibody titer is a laboratory test that measures the level of antibodies in a blood sample. The antibody level in...