Autoimmune Diseases

Autoimmune diseases are chronic conditions.  They require a long time (years) before they become clinically evident and are diagnosed; following diagnosis, they can last for decades (often a life time).

Autoimmune diseases arise from a combination of a genetic predisposition and environmental triggers that disrupt the immune system’s ability to ignore a person’s own tissue and cells.  The diseases generally fall into two types: systemic and organ specific. Systemic diseases damage many organs, whereas in organ specific diseases, only a single organ or tissue is directly damaged by the autoimmune process.

On reliable laboratory systems with scalable solutions for different throughput needs, our portfolio of markers comprises tools for the diagnosis and patient management of the most frequent systemic and organ specific autoimmune diseases.