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    Glossary Autoimmune Factors

    immune system mistakenly attacks body's own tissues

    Autoimmune factors refer to elements within the body that mistakenly target and attack its own tissues, thinking they are foreign invaders. This can lead to various autoimmune diseases, such as alopecia areata, where the immune system attacks hair follicles, resulting in hair loss.

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    1. 546 Epidermal growth factor receptor as a key regulator of the immune privilege Journal of Investigative Dermatology · 2022
    2. Alopecia areata as another immune‐mediated disease developed in patients treated with tumour necrosis factor‐α blocker agents Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology · 2010 · 61 citations
    3. Epidermal growth factor receptor/mitogen-activated kinase inhibitor treatment induces a distinct inflammatory hair follicle response that includes collapse of immune privilege British Journal of Dermatology · 2024 · 4 citations
    4. Impact of epidermal growth factor receptor and mitogen-activated kinase inhibition on hair follicles (HFs): partial HF immune privilege collapse and excessive interleukin-33 secretion British Journal of Dermatology · 2024 · 1 citations
    5. The Diameter Factor of Aligned Membranes Facilitates Cutaneous Wound Healing by Promoting Epithelialization in an Immune Way bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2021 · 1 citations
    6. ISID1338 - Epidermal growth factor receptor protects from immune privilege collapse and scarring hair follicle destruction 2023
    7. 1338 Epidermal growth factor receptor protects from immune privilege collapse and scarring hair follicle destruction 2023
    8. BI02 (P97): Epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitor therapy induces a distinct inflammatory hair follicle response that includes a collapse of immune privilege British Journal of Dermatology · 2022
    9. Age-Related Loss of Innate Immune Antimicrobial Function of Dermal Fat Is Mediated by Transforming Growth Factor Beta Immunity · 2018 · 96 citations
    10. Immune Privilege Collapse and Alopecia Development: Is Stress a Factor Skin Appendage Disorders · 2017 · 51 citations
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    Community 3 of 10

    1. Hair loss after COVID or vaccination isn’t “made up” but it’s also not what TikTok makes it sound like Reddit · 16 Jan 2026
    2. Why does MPB only affect the scalp Reddit · 22 Dec 2024
    3. Telogen Effluvium/Chronic TE and immune-related hair loss advice Reddit · 8 Aug 2018
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    1. Alopecia Areata autoimmune disorder causing patchy hair loss
    2. Microneedling Technique that makes tiny punctures in the scalp with fine needles
    3. Thymosin Beta 4
    4. Neem Oil Oil from the neem tree, used in traditional remedies
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