An autoantibody is an antibody (a type of protein) produced by the immune system that is directed against one or more of the individual's own proteins...

Antithyroid autoantibodies (or simply antithyroid antibodies) are autoantibodies targeted against one or more components on the thyroid. The most clinically...

decarboxylase autoantibodies (GADA), islet cell autoantibodies (ICA), insulinoma-associated (IA-2) autoantibodies, and zinc transporter autoantibodies (ZnT8)...

Antinuclear antibodies (ANAs, also known as antinuclear factor or ANF) are autoantibodies that bind to contents of the cell nucleus. In normal individuals, the...

transplantation. In a mouse model of autoantibody mediated anemia using IgG isotype switch variants of an anti erythrocytes autoantibody, it was found that mouse...

Anti-SSA autoantibodies (anti–Sjögren's-syndrome-related antigen A autoantibodies, also called anti-Ro, or similar names including anti-SSA/Ro, anti-Ro/SSA...

and cognitive areas of the brain. Both GAD67 and GAD65 are targets of autoantibodies in people who later develop type 1 diabetes mellitus or latent autoimmune...

characterized by the presence of elevated blood levels of a specific autoantibody, now called anti-U1 ribonucleoprotein (RNP), together with a mix of symptoms...

Anti-transglutaminase antibodies (ATA) are autoantibodies against the transglutaminase protein. Detection is considered abnormal, and may indicate one...

phenotype neuromyelitis optica and in general all the spectrum of MOG autoantibody-associated demyelinating diseases. Eastern equine encephalitis, Japanese...

A demyelinating disease refers to any disease affecting the nervous system where the myelin sheath surrounding neurons is damaged. This damage disrupts...

Rheumatoid factor (RF) is the autoantibody that was first found in rheumatoid arthritis. It is defined as an antibody against the Fc portion of IgG and...

(known as inflammatory myopathies) that typically test positive for autoantibodies are dermatomyositis, polymyositis, and inclusion body myositis. Other...

or PR3-ANCA, or antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies, are a type of autoantibody, an antibody produced by the body that acts against one of its own proteins...

malignancy, or any other underlying disease. Cold agglutinins (CA) are autoantibodies that agglutinate RBCs with a temperature optimum of 3-4 °C but may also...

Disease Autoantibody target Autoimmune hemolytic anemia Red blood cells Goodpasture syndrome Glomerular basement membrane Graves disease Thyroid stimulating...

characterized by development of autoantibodies to thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) receptors (TRAb). The binding of TRAb autoantibodies to TSH receptor results...

cardiomyocytes, the links between this autoantibody and autoimmune CHB are less strong than the anti-Ro autoantibody and it usually accompanies it in the...

(CCPD) could be produced by neurofascins. Autoantibodies to components of the Ranvier nodes, specially autoantibodies the Contactin-associated protein 1 (CASPR)...

Anti-histone antibodies are autoantibodies that are a subset of the anti-nuclear antibody family, which specifically target histone protein subunits or...

urticaria, is a type of chronic urticaria characterized by the presence of autoantibodies in the patient's immune system that target the body's own mast cells...

thought to play a key role in the condition, but exact details of the way autoantibodies affect SPS patients are not known. Most SPS patients with high-titer...

in a number of autoimmune disorders C-ANCA, a type of autoantibody P-ANCA, a type of autoantibody Anka (disambiguation) This disambiguation page lists...

Adrenergic receptor autoantibodies The adrenergic receptors (or adrenoreceptors) are a class of cell membrane-bound protein receptors throughout the body...

Diagnosis is confirmed with blood tests for TSH, T4, and antithyroid autoantibodies. Other conditions that can produce similar symptoms include Graves'...

derived from the Greek root pemphix, meaning "blister". In pemphigus, autoantibodies form against desmoglein, which forms the "glue" that attaches adjacent...

transfused and transfusion-naive patients, suggesting that antikinectin autoantibody development was not due to transfusion-related alloreactivity. Negative...

2010. Yehuda Shoenfeld; M. Eric Gershwin; Pier-Luigi Meroni (2007). Autoantibodies. Elsevier. pp. 98–. ISBN 978-0-444-52763-9. Retrieved 1 November 2010...

(2013). "The role of "mixed" orexigenic and anorexigenic signals and autoantibodies reacting with appetite-regulating neuropeptides and peptides of the...

A, Young JW, Meffre E, Nussenzweig MC (September 2003). "Predominant autoantibody production by early human B cell precursors". Science. 301 (5638): 1374–1377...