A Potential Link between Environmental Triggers and Autoimmunity

<table>Proposed model for the pathogenesis of multiple autoimmune reactivities by infection. Bacterial generation of autoantigens, local inflammation generating autoantigens by PAD, antibody production against one autoantigen, epitope spreading, antibody production against multiple antigens, systemic inflammation, and multiple autoimmune reactivities.</table>

Autoimmune Diseases

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Figure 15: A Potential Link between Environmental Triggers and Autoimmunity 