That study will look to see if the body's defenses attack its own tissues in the same way they attack the bacteria.

Amyloidosis is a disease that attacks the body's tissues and organs.

He died of amyloidosis, a disease that attacks the body's tissues and organs, a family member said.

Coeliac disease is a lifelong condition, where the body's immune system attacks its own tissues.

In response to an unknown trigger, the body makes antibodies that attack its own tissues.

In rheumatoid arthritis, B-cells may attack the body's own tissues.

For unknown reasons, occasionally the immune system will begin attacking the body's own tissues.

In other cases, your body mistakenly attacks its own tissues.

No one knows exactly what causes the body to attack its own tissues.

It is an autoimmune disorder in which the body mysteriously attacks its own healthy tissues.