Definition of "autoreactive" [autoreactive]

• Acting against the organism by which it was produced (adjective)

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• "So-called autoreactive T cells, which recognize the body's own structures, must be eradicated or pacified to avoid that they can cause harm."
• "Regulatory T cells appear to alter the chemical environment around their aggressive cousins, known as autoreactive T cells, in ways that either suppress them or cause them to proliferate, the study found."
• "Using human cell lines and isolated mouse cells, Dr. Petar Lenert, an assistant professor of internal medicine at the University of Iowa, said he and his colleagues showed the DNA-like compounds were able to selectively reduce the activity of two types of immune cells called autoreactive B cells and dendritic cells."