The book “The Mosaic of Autoimmunity: The Novel Factors of Autoimmune Diseases” delves into the complex origins and diverse manifestations of autoimmune diseases in humans. It highlights how various combinations of factors contribute to the development of unique clinical presentations across a broad range of autoimmune conditions. The factors at play in autoimmunity can generally be classified into genetic, immune defects, hormonal, and environmental categories. The text specifically examines environmental factors such as infectious agents, vaccines as triggers of autoimmunity, smoking, and its association with conditions like rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, thyroid disease, multiple sclerosis, and inflammatory bowel diseases. Additionally, the book introduces a new syndrome known as the autoimmune/inflammatory syndrome induced by adjuvants (ASIA), shedding light on other diseases now understood to have autoimmune origins.

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