autoantibody

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autoantibody

[¦ȯd·ō′ant·i‚bäd·ē]

(immunology)

An antibody formed by an individual against his own tissues; common in hemolytic anemias.

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As part of the partnership, Servier will advance ImmunoQure's therapeutic human Interferon-alpha autoantibody through preclinical development and into the clinic.

ImmunoQure AG partners with Servier for the development of interferon-alpha human autoantibody

Results: Mean measured CA-I autoantibody levels were 0.

The relationship between serum carbonic anhydrase I-II autoantibody levels and diabetic retinopathy in type 1 diabetes patients

On the other hand, if specific autoantibodies and stage of microangiopathy reflect different processes in the disease, a combination of autoantibody status and NVC could be helpful for identifying patients at highest risk for cardiopulmonary involvement.

Nailfold analysis predicts cardiopulmonary complications

The authors of this study also created a panel of cardiac autoantibody assays to characterize post-myocardial infarction patients with type 1 diabetes.

Troponin Autoantibodies: From Assay Interferent to Mediator of Cardiotoxicity

Evaluating anti-SmD1-amino-acid 83-119 peptide autoantibody in children with other suspected autoimmune diseases

Evaluating Anti-SmD1-amino-acid 83-119 Peptide Reactivity in Children with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Other Immunological Diseases

An important minority of prediabetic first-degree relatives of type 1 diabetic patients derives from seroconversion to persistent autoantibody positivity after 10 years of age.

The prevalence of autoantibodies among relatives for type 1 and 2 diabetic patients

2013, demonstrated that age, gender, and disease influence autoantibodies serum level in human and proposed that disease-induced perturbations in individual autoantibody profiles present an opportunity to detect accurately and diagnose diseases [20].

Detection of autoantibodies to vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-3 in bile duct ligated rats and correlations with a panel of traditional markers of liver diseases

In children, a special type of AIHA and autoantibody occurs, which clinically results in paroxysmal cold hemoglobinuria (PCH), a condition where a sudden presence of hemoglobin in the patient's urine is noted, often associated with a viral illness.

Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia and Red Blood Cell Autoantibodies

A higher number of respiratory infections in the six months prior to islet autoantibody seroconversion was also associated with an increased HR.

Childhood respiratory infections may up type 1 diabetes risk

As in the majority of adult studies, no one has reported any connection between autoantibody appearance and treatment outcome.

LABORATORY EVIDENCE OF AUTOIMMUNITY IN HCV INFECTED PATIENTS AFTER INTERFERON TREATMENT

And those autoantibody panels are commercially available now.

Distinguish type 1 from type 2 diabetes in youth: 'signs and symptoms, diabetic ketoacidosis, family history--they don't really help you.'

In contrast, intestinal biopsy shouldn't be recommended in asymptomatic screenpositive diabetes patients unless their tissue transglutaminase autoantibody level is high enough to confer a greater than 90% probability of a positive biopsy.