How to Use autoantibody in a Sentence
autoantibody
noun-
Swedo recruited her in 1999 to explore what autoantibodies from strep could do to the brain.
—Pamela Weintraub, Discover Magazine, 29 Mar. 2017
-
This protein appears on the surface of autoantibody-producing B cells.
—WIRED, 16 Sep. 2022
-
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, 19 Apr. 2023
-
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, 8 June 2021
-
Some conditions that have autoantibodies and appear to be related to autoimmunity have been excluded from this list.
—Maddie Bender, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2021
-
In essence, the antibodies turned into autoantibodies: antibodies that attacked the self.
—Pamela Weintraub, Discover Magazine, 29 Mar. 2017
-
Those autoantibody levels increase throughout youth and adolescence and eventually plateau by adulthood.
—Melina Walling, The Arizona Republic, 2 July 2022
-
The study’s findings correspond with earlier research by Yonker, which also didn’t find increased levels of antibodies or autoantibodies in patients with myocarditis.
—Elaine Chen Reprints, STAT, 5 May 2023
-
These cells are the actual agents of destruction, so scientists investigating autoimmunity look for these T cell–autoantibody pairs.
—Stephani Sutherland, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2021
-
In the clearest cases, such as Graves’ disease, the illness definitely involves autoantibodies that lead to an immune system assault, inflammation and debilitating symptoms.
—Maddie Bender, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2021
-
The autoantibody hypothesis still warrants further research.
—Stephani Sutherland, Scientific American, 21 Jan. 2021
Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'autoantibody.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.
Last Updated: