A patient with autoimmune disease experiences chronic inflammation. If a therapy targeting only TNF-alpha is applied, which consequence follows?

💡 Explanation

Blocking TNF-alpha can trigger compensatory mechanisms, because the immune system attempts to maintain homeostasis; therefore, other pro-inflammatory cytokines may increase to offset the reduction in TNF-alpha, rather than achieving complete resolution due to redundancy in cytokine signaling.

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