据英国《卫报》报道,全球越来越多的人正在承受自身免疫性疾病带来的痛苦。目前,全球自身免疫性疾病病例每年增长3%至9%。科学家认为,快餐饮食等外在因素是导致病患增加的重要原因。有证据表明快餐饮食会影响人体内的微生物群,从而引发自身免疫性疾病。
伦敦弗兰西斯克里克研究所的两位世界专家詹姆斯·李(James Lee)和卡罗拉· 维努埃萨(Carola Vinuesa)已经成立独立研究小组,研究导致自身免疫性疾病的确切原因。
"Numbers of autoimmune cases began to increase about 40 years ago in the west," Lee told the Observer. "However, we are now seeing some emerge in countries that never had such diseases before.
詹姆斯·李告诉《观察家报》:“大约40年前,西方的自身免疫病例开始增加。然而,我们现在看到一些以前从未出现此类病患的国家出现了这种疾病。”
For example, the biggest recent increase in inflammatory bowel1 disease cases has been in the Middle East and east Asia. Before that they had hardly seen the disease.”
“例如,近段时间中东和东亚地区的炎性肠病病例增加最多。此前,这些地区几乎没有出现过这种疾病。”
Autoimmune diseases range from type 1 diabetes2 to rheumatoid arthritis3, inflammatory bowel disease and multiple sclerosis. In each case, the immune system gets its wires crossed and turns on healthy tissue instead of infectious agents.
自身免疫性疾病包括1型糖尿病、类风湿性关节炎、炎性肠病和多发性硬化症。上述每种疾病都会使免疫系统出现错乱,攻击自身健康组织而非
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