Definition of autoantibody in English:
autoantibody
nounPlural autoantibodies
Physiology An antibody produced by an organism in response to a constituent of its own tissues.
Example sentencesExamples
- Examples of these substances include plasma proteins such as albumin and immunoglobulins, pathogenic autoantibodies, clotting factors, endotoxins, and proinflammatory cytokines.
- Autoantibodies such as antinuclear antibodies and myositis-specific autoantibodies bind to proteins normally present inside one's own normal skin and muscle cells.
- All patients had significant increases in autoantibodies against neural antigens.
- In complete contrast, the overactivity encountered in Graves' disease is due to the aberrant production of autoantibodies, known as thyroid stimulating antibodies.
- No tests for autoantibodies should be performed without a clinical evaluation that leads to a presumptive diagnosis.
- Herein we present data on symptoms, alterations in peripheral lymphocyte phenotypes, and autoantibodies observed in adult patients.