How to Use autoantibody in a Sentence

autoantibody

noun
  • Still unknown is whether autoantibodies are the initial trigger of Long Covid in people.
    — Byjennifer Couzin-Frankel, science.org, 2024-06-21
  • This protein appears on the surface of autoantibody-producing B cells.
    — WIRED, 2022-09-16
  • Swedo recruited her in 1999 to explore what autoantibodies from strep could do to the brain.
    — Pamela Weintraub, Discover Magazine, 2017-03-29
  • Some of these autoantibody responses were largely disease-specific while others were shared across all three conditions.
    — Jonathan Wosen Reprints, STAT, 2024-02-01
  • Those autoantibody levels increase throughout youth and adolescence and eventually plateau by adulthood.
    — Melina Walling, The Arizona Republic, 2022-07-02
  • An autoantibody is an antibody produced by the immune system that is directed against one or more of the individual’s own proteins and can cause autoimmune diseases.
    — Julie Washington, cleveland, 2021-06-08
  • In fact, the Beyond Type 1 study found 68% of adults with type 1 diabetes regret not taking an autoantibody test early to understand their risk.
    — Anna Halkidis, Parents, 2024-06-10
  • In canines, lupus presents very similarly to humans.18 As with humans, healthcare providers test dogs for autoantibodies to confirm or rule out a diagnosis of lupus.
    — Anne Harding, Health, 2023-04-19
  • The samples from patients with autoimmune disease produced higher levels of autoantibodies in reaction to proteins associated with Xist, the researchers found.
    — Katie Hunt, CNN, 2024-02-09
  • Our recent research indicates that one type of autoantibody called antinuclear antibodies increased nearly 50 percent in the U.S. in less than 30 years.
    — Olivia Casey, Scientific American, 2023-12-01
  • Some research has already found that maternal autoantibodies related to SLE may lead to the development of heart conditions and also blood and liver abnormalities in a developing fetus.
    — Markham Heid, TIME, 2024-07-26

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