How to Use autoantibody in a Sentence
autoantibody
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There would also need to be a system to remind families to get their child checked for autoantibodies at certain intervals.
—Rachel Nuwer, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2025
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Still unknown is whether autoantibodies are the initial trigger of Long Covid in people.
—Byjennifer Couzin-Frankel, science.org, 21 June 2024
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This protein appears on the surface of autoantibody-producing B cells.
—WIRED, 16 Sep. 2022
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Swedo recruited her in 1999 to explore what autoantibodies from strep could do to the brain.
—Pamela Weintraub, Discover Magazine, 29 Mar. 2017
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Extensive study revealed brand-new baby B cells free of the autoantibodies churned out by their toxic ancestors.
—Byjennifer Couzin-Frankel, science.org, 14 Nov. 2024
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Both groups say further clinical trials of autoantibody depletion are worth trying.
—Byjennifer Couzin-Frankel, science.org, 21 June 2024
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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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When this happens, the body mistakenly makes autoantibodies that attack the body’s normal cells, tissues, or organs.
—Danielle Weiss, Verywell Health, 19 Mar. 2025
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Some conditions that have autoantibodies and appear to be related to autoimmunity have been excluded from this list.
—Maddie Bender, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2021
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Those autoantibody levels increase throughout youth and adolescence and eventually plateau by adulthood.
—Melina Walling, The Arizona Republic, 2 July 2022
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An autoantibody is an antibody produced by the immune system that is directed against one or more of the individual’s own proteins and can cause autoimmune diseases.
—Julie Washington, cleveland, 8 June 2021
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This chronic inflammation may be caused by lingering traces of virus in the body or by misdirected antibodies, known as autoantibodies, that attack a person’s own cells and tissues.
—Emily Mullin, Wired News, 14 Nov. 2025
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In fact, the Beyond Type 1 study found 68% of adults with type 1 diabetes regret not taking an autoantibody test early to understand their risk.
—Anna Halkidis, Parents, 10 June 2024
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These cells are the actual agents of destruction, so scientists investigating autoimmunity look for these T cell–autoantibody pairs.
—Stephani Sutherland, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2021
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Van de Water and her colleagues are examining whether and how other autoantibodies may similarly affect fetal brain development.
—Markham Heid, TIME, 26 July 2024
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The immune system recognizes this abnormal IgA as a foreign invader, leading to the production of autoantibodies.
—Mark Gurarie, Health, 30 Sep. 2024
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The study’s findings correspond with earlier research by Yonker, which also didn’t find increased levels of antibodies or autoantibodies in patients with myocarditis.
—Elaine Chen Reprints, STAT, 5 May 2023
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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
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In the clearest cases, such as Graves’ disease, the illness definitely involves autoantibodies that lead to an immune system assault, inflammation and debilitating symptoms.
—Maddie Bender, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2021
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Johnson & Johnson is conducting clinical trials across rare autoantibody diseases, maternal-fetal alloantibody diseases and prevalent rheumatic diseases.
—Johnson & Johnson, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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Some research has already found that maternal autoantibodies related to SLE may lead to the development of heart conditions and also blood and liver abnormalities in a developing fetus.
—Markham Heid, TIME, 26 July 2024
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Immunology leader Johnson & Johnson is specifically building upon decades of innovation to research autoimmune diseases driven by autoantibodies and alloantibodies.
—Johnson & Johnson, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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