AUTOANTIBODY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does autoantibody mean? 

• AUTOANTIBODY (noun)
  The noun AUTOANTIBODY has 1 sense:

1. an antibody acting against tissues of the organism that produces it

  Familiarity information: AUTOANTIBODY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AUTOANTIBODY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An antibody acting against tissues of the organism that produces it

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("autoantibody" is a kind of...):

antibody (any of a large variety of proteins normally present in the body or produced in response to an antigen which it neutralizes, thus producing an immune response)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "autoantibody"):

rheumatoid factor (autoantibody that is usually present in the serum of people with rheumatoid arthritis)

 Context examples 

A rare genetic syndrome characterized by autoantibodies production against more than one endocrine organ.

(Autoimmune Polyendocrinopathy Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

An unresolving, predominately periportal, hepatitis, usually with hypergammaglobulinemia and serum autoantibodies.

(Autoimmune Hepatitis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Drugs, infections, and toxins may trigger the production of the autoantibodies against the liver parenchyma.

(Autoimmune Hepatitis, NCI Thesaurus)

An antinuclear autoantibody directed against nuclear DNA.

(Anti-DNA Antibody, NCI Thesaurus)

It is usually caused by the production of anti-neuronal autoantibodies: anti-Hu (ANNA-1) or anti-CV2 (CRMP-5), which result in cytotoxic T-cell mediated destruction of dorsal root ganglia.

(Paraneoplastic Subacute Sensory Neuronopathy, NCI Thesaurus)

The epitopes that elicit these autoantibodies are localized to the non-collagenous C-terminal domain of this protein.

(Collagen IV (Alpha 3), NCI Thesaurus)

A unit for semiquantitative measurement of IgG autoantibodies to proteins associated with negatively charged phospholipids evaluated in ELISA serum anticardiolipin or anionic phospholipid assay against an established reference standard.

(IgG Phospholipid Unit, NCI Thesaurus)

In individuals without hereditary hemophilia A, factor VIII inhibitors may occur spontaneously as autoantibodies, resulting in a condition known as 'acquired hemophilia.'

(Hemophilia, NCI Thesaurus)

An autoimmune disorder caused by the production of autoantibodies against thyroid tissue.

(Hashimoto thyroiditis, NCI Thesaurus)

A variety of different autoantibodies has been detected in small numbers in patients with dermatitis herpetiformis.

(Dermatitis Herpetiformis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)