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Autoimmune diseases: Genetics Information. Genetics of Autoimmune diseases: Autoimmune diseases also seem to have a genetic component, but, mysteriously, they can cluster in families as different illnesses. For example, a mother may have lupus erythematosus; her daughter, diabetes; her grandmother, rheumatoid arthritis.
What Causes Autoimmune Disease? No one is really sure what exactly is responsible for causing autoimmune disease. However, doctors have several theories of what may be causing them, such as a virus or bacteria that confuses the immune system and makes it think that healthy tissue is actually an antigen, which in turn causes the immune system to attack perfectly healthy tissue.