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* [[Type IV Hypersensitivity - WikiBlood|Type IV hypersensitivity]]
 
* [[Type IV Hypersensitivity - WikiBlood|Type IV hypersensitivity]]
 
* The CTLs think that all the beta cells in the pancreas are infected by a virus, as it wrongly detects a self antigen presented by the MHC class I on the surface of the cell as foreign.  
 
* The CTLs think that all the beta cells in the pancreas are infected by a virus, as it wrongly detects a self antigen presented by the MHC class I on the surface of the cell as foreign.  
* Autoreactive CD8+ CTLs are inadvertently activated destroying the beta cells thus preventing the secretion of insulin and causing diabetes type 1 (see diagram).
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* Autoreactive CD8+ CTLs are inadvertently activated, destroying the beta cells, thus preventing the secretion of insulin and causing diabetes type 1 (see diagram).
    
===3. Hypothyroidism (lymphocytic throiditis)===
 
===3. Hypothyroidism (lymphocytic throiditis)===
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