type III hypersensitivity disease
MONDO:0007004Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names type III hypersensitivity disease yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
Group of diseases mediated by the deposition of large soluble complexes of antigen and antibody with resultant damage to tissue. Besides serum sickness and the arthus reaction, evidence supports a pathogenic role for immune complexes in many other immune system diseases including glomerulonephritis, systemic lupus erythematosus (lupus erythematosus, systemic) and polyarteritis nodosa.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0007004), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
- Narrower terms (2)
Other names
4 names
Resolves to: type III hypersensitivity disease
- Also called
- disorder of type III hypersensitivitytype 3 hypersensitivity reactiontype III hypersensitivitytype III hypersensitivity reaction