Autoantibody

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Contents

Used for

autoimmune antibody, self reactive antibody

Broader Terms

antibody

Narrower Terms

antinuclear autoantibody, rheumatoid factor

Related Terms

autoimmune disorder, autoimmunity, systemic scleroderma

Scope Note

antibody directed against an individual's normal antigenic tissue constituents.

Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)

  • A natural autoantibody is encoded by germline heavy and lambda light chain variable region genes without somatic mutation.
  • The rheumatoid factor reactivity of a human IgG monoclonal autoantibody is encoded by a variant V kappa II L chain gene.
  • The noun autoantibody has one meaning: Meaning #1: an antibody acting against tissues of the organism that produces it Wikipedia autoantibody An autoantibody is a protein manufactured by the immune system that is directed against one or more of the host's own proteins.
  • Autoantibody is then able to leak into a limited area of a single hemisphere.
  • The neuronal nuclear antigen recognized by the human anti-Ri autoantibody is expressed in central but not peripheral nervous system neurons.

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