RGD uses the Human Disease Ontology (DO, https://disease-ontology.org/) for disease curation across species. RGD automatically downloads each new release of the ontology on a monthly basis. Some additional terms which are required for RGD's curation purposes but are not currently covered in the official version of DO have been added. As corresponding terms are added to DO, these custom terms are retired and the DO terms substituted in existing annotations and subsequently used for curation.
An immune system disease that is an overactive immune response of the body against substances and tissues normally present in the body resulting from an abnormal functioning of the immune system that results in the production of antibodies or T cell directed against the host tissues. (DO)
Synonyms:
exact_synonym:
autoimmune diseases; autoimmune hypersensitivity disease; hypersensitivity reaction type II disease
narrow_synonym:
SIAE-RELATED CONDITION
related_synonym:
AIS6; Autoimmune Disease, Susceptibility To, 6; autoimmune disease 6