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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An endogenous antigen that stimulates the production of autoantibodies, as in an autoimmune reaction.
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- noun Any
antigen that stimulatesautoantibodies in the organism that produced it
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Examples
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He was referring to the concept that there was probably one autoantigen or group of antigens from one source that caused the autoimmune diseases listed in that long text.
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Once the theory is proven, the research can start in an effort to make autoantigen, autoantibody and target-tissue blocking agents.
Comments for Biotech Blog biotech 2010
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A team lead by Josep Dalmau, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA, failed to replicate the indirect evidence on autoantibodies against voltage-gated potassium channels in limbic encephalitis so they then sought to find the true target of autoantibodies - known as the autoantigen.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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The expanded peptide-specific regulatory cells shut down the autoimmune attack by preventing aggressive autoimmune cells from being stimulated by either the peptide contained in the vaccine or by any other type 1 diabetes autoantigen presented simultaneously on the same antigen presenting cell.
Analysis 2010
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Once the theory is proven, the research can start in an effort to make autoantigen, autoantibody and target-tissue blocking agents.
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He was referring to the concept that there was probably one autoantigen or group of antigens from one source that caused the autoimmune diseases listed in that long text.
Comments for Biotech Blog biotech 2010
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M. Selak S, Fritzler M. J (2005) Identification of GRASP-1 as a novel 97 kDa autoantigen localized to endosomes.
PLoS Biology: New Articles Casper C. Hoogenraad et al. 2010
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We are also examining the perilymph of these patients to ascertain whether it is the cytokine microenvironment, or the presence of a unique protein or autoantigen found in perilymph that is inducing differential IL1R2 expression in perilymph from AIED and controls.
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We are also examining the perilymph of these patients to ascertain whether it is the cytokine microenvironment, or the presence of a unique protein or autoantigen found in perilymph that is inducing differential IL1R2 expression in perilymph from AIED and controls.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Andrea Vambutas et al. 2009
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T cel - mediated autoantigen-driven immune reactions have received much attention in conjunction with the observation that autoantibodies (such as the rheumatoid factor and anti-citrulline antibody) may represent important diagnostic tools.
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