autoantibody
noun
au·to·an·ti·body
ˌȯ-(ˌ)tō-ˈan-ti-ˌbä-dē 
: an antibody active against a tissue constituent of the individual producing it
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Nath’s team found low levels of autoantibodies in only one person with ME/CFS.
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Kamal Nahas, Scientific American, 21 Feb. 2024
Past studies have also pointed to an overactive immune response: a condition called autoimmunity, whereby other immune cells mistakenly attack healthy tissue, often by producing autoantibodies that target the body’s proteins.
—Kamal Nahas, Scientific American, 21 Feb. 2024
The samples from patients with autoimmune disease produced higher levels of autoantibodies in reaction to proteins associated with Xist, the researchers found.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 9 Feb. 2024
Some of these autoantibody responses were largely disease-specific while others were shared across all three conditions.
—Jonathan Wosen Reprints, STAT, 1 Feb. 2024
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Kamal Nahas, Scientific American, 21 Feb. 2024
Past studies have also pointed to an overactive immune response: a condition called autoimmunity, whereby other immune cells mistakenly attack healthy tissue, often by producing autoantibodies that target the body’s proteins.
—Kamal Nahas, Scientific American, 21 Feb. 2024
The samples from patients with autoimmune disease produced higher levels of autoantibodies in reaction to proteins associated with Xist, the researchers found.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 9 Feb. 2024
Some of these autoantibody responses were largely disease-specific while others were shared across all three conditions.
—Jonathan Wosen Reprints, STAT, 1 Feb. 2024
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autoantibody
noun
au·to·an·ti·body
ˌȯt-(ˌ)ō-ˈant-i-ˌbäd-ē
plural autoantibodies
: an antibody active against a tissue constituent of the individual producing it
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