Endocrine disruptors environmental estrogens enhance autoantibody production by B1 cells.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Autoimmune Epidemic] Reference

Antinuclear/anticytoplasmic antibodies: screening test, specific autoantibody tests, and LE cell preparation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pediatric Rheumatology Fellowship] Reference

This disease can be diagnosed by the presence of a specific self-attacking immune protein-an autoantibody referred to as NMO-IgG-in the blood.    From Wordnik.com.  [Study Links MSG Main Ingredient to Neurological Disease] Reference

Characterization of autoantibody activities in sera anti-DNA antibody and circulating immune complexes from 12 systemic lupus erythematosus patients.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Autoimmune Epidemic] Reference

In 2003, they published a landmark study showing that of those servicemen and women who did develop lupus, 88 percent had at least one autoantibody to lupus ten years prior to diagnosis.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Autoimmune Epidemic] Reference

For more on the complexities of predicting who will have the disease based on autoantibody testing in autoimmune diseases in general, please see chapter 5, “The Autoimmune Disease Detectives.”.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Autoimmune Epidemic] Reference

The trigger for autoantibody production is still poorly understood.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

Advancing age has been associated with an increase in autoantibody production.    From Wordnik.com.  [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference

Spontaneous cessation of autoantibody formation can take 6 to 9 months or longer.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

Preclinical and clinical studies suggest that belimumab can reduce autoantibody levels in SLE.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7] Reference

Protagen, Mikrogen collaborate to identify typical autoantibody signatures in infectious diseases.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE MEDICAL NEWS] Reference

Bacteria triggered PBC-like cholangitis, multifocal epithelial inflammation, and autoantibody production.    From Wordnik.com.  [Naturejobs - All Jobs] Reference

We compared the AQP4 autoantibody detection rates of tissue-based indirect immunofluorescence assay (IIFA) and cell-based IIFA.    From Wordnik.com.  [BioMed Central - Latest articles] Reference

If successful, this could lead to a new approach for the prevention and treatment of RA and other autoantibody mediated diseases.    From Wordnik.com.  [PR.com Press Releases] Reference

Once the theory is proven, the research can start in an effort to make autoantigen, autoantibody and target-tissue blocking agents.    From Wordnik.com.  [Comments for Biotech Blog] Reference

All mothers were autoantibody positive, had given birth to a child with cutaneous neonatal lupus, and then had at least one more child.    From Wordnik.com.  [Social Security Reports, News and Informaion] Reference

Bone marrow (BM) is an immunologically privileged site where activated autoantibody-producing B cells may survive for prolonged periods.    From Wordnik.com.  [BioMed Central - Latest articles] Reference

The serologic findings in this case suggest an autoimmune hemolytic anemia, caused either by a drug-induced autoantibody or a warm autoantibody.    From Wordnik.com.  [BioMed Central - Latest articles] Reference

The first-in-class drug has demonstrated promising Phase III data in seropositive patients--those with an autoantibody present in their bloodstream.    From Wordnik.com.  [Three Upcoming Make-or-Break Biotech Approvals - Yahoo! Finance] Reference

"We have identified a group of patients with a necrotizing myopathy and a novel anti-200/100 autoantibody specificity," said Dr. Andrew Mammen, M.D.    From Wordnik.com.  [Science Blog] Reference

We found high levels of anti-HSP47 autoantibody titers in sera of patients with idiopathic fibrosing NSIP compared with other IIPs and healthy volunteers.    From Wordnik.com.  [BioMed Central - Latest articles] Reference

Other RA characteristics, such as disease duration, autoantibody status, and current treatments were not significantly associated with cardiac involvement.    From Wordnik.com.  [BioMed Central - Latest articles] Reference

Both the ADA and AACE are silent on the use of autoantibody tests to identify patients who are actually what we would now call type 1a, autoimmune diabetes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Discussion Forum - TuDiabetes] Reference

This association was strongest in older patients; almost 90% of anti-200/100 autoantibody - positive patients ages 50 years or older had been exposed to statins.    From Wordnik.com.  [Science Blog] Reference

Therefore, the systematic and indication specific determination of autoantibody patterns will serve as a unique basis to address hitherto unmet diagnostic needs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Aktuellste Pressemeldungen der PresseBox] Reference

Another unique feature of the anti-200/100 autoantibody - positive group is that 63% of them underwent statin therapy prior to the development of muscle symptoms.    From Wordnik.com.  [Science Blog] Reference

Background: UNIarray® is a unique technology platform for the development of novel diagnostics based on indication specific autoantibody patterns in patient sera.    From Wordnik.com.  [Aktuellste Pressemeldungen der PresseBox] Reference

Strong links exist between autoantibody specificities and disease presentation and outcome, which make autoantibodies essential assessment tools in patients with SSc.    From Wordnik.com.  [Naturejobs - All Jobs] Reference

Application to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) on June 4, 2010, seeking approval to market belimumab in Europe for treatment of autoantibody-positive patients with SLE.    From Wordnik.com.  [Business Wire Travel News] Reference

The age record at the Seattle clinic is held by a patient who presented at age 92 with newly diagnosed, autoantibody-positive type 1 diabetes and a history of Graves disease and vitiligo.    From Wordnik.com.  [Discussion Forum - TuDiabetes] Reference

C57BL/6, BALB/c, SJL, F1, and SWR mice strains. 3-4 However, the exact pathological role and action of anti-mouse PLP (139-151) and anti-PLP (178-191) autoantibody is not well understood. 1-4.    From Wordnik.com.  [Press Releases] Reference

He does not include in his tally of adults with type 1 diabetes the very large group with what is often called "type 1.5" disease: that is, phenotypic type 2 disease with autoantibody positivity.    From Wordnik.com.  [Discussion Forum - TuDiabetes] Reference

Based on the temporal association with metformin and the lack of other clear precipitating causes, we propose that metformin-induced hemolysis with a drug-induced autoantibody is a strong possibility.    From Wordnik.com.  [BioMed Central - Latest articles] Reference

Blood samples from these patients were screened for the presence of novel autoantibodies, revealing unique autoantibody specificity against 200-kd and 100-kd proteins (anti-200/100 autoantibodies) in 16 patients.    From Wordnik.com.  [Science Blog] Reference

(Titers were not measured in patients with a different type of MG autoantibody, against the muscle specific kinase.    From Wordnik.com.  [Medicaid and Medicare] Reference

1,684 autoantibody-positive patients with SLE.    From Wordnik.com.  [WebWire | Recent Headlines] Reference