• (autoantibody) An antibody acting against tissues of the organism that produces it.
  NCI Thesaurus
  U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
• (autoantibody) An antibody made against substances formed by a person's own body. Autoantibodies can directly destroy cells that have the substances on them or can make it easier for other white blood cells to destroy them. Some autoimmune diseases are caused by autoantibodies.
  NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
• (autoantibody) Antibody directed against an individual's normal antigenic tissue constituents.
  CRISP Thesaurus
  National Institutes of Health, 2006
• Antibodies that react with self-antigens (AUTOANTIGENS) of the organism that produced them.
  NLM Medical Subject Headings
  U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
• Proteins created by the immune system that mistakenly target healthy cells, tissues, or organs.
  Harvard Dictionary of Health Terms
  Harvard Medical Publishing, 2011
• Antinuclear antibodies and the conditions with which they are associated include the following: Anti-centromere antibodies: Limited cutaneous systemic sclerosis (CREST syndrome), primary biliary cirrhosis, proximal scleroderma Anti-dsDNA: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) Anti-gp210: Primary biliary cirrhosis Anti-histone antibodies:...
  Medscape
  WebMD, 2019
• Autoantibody, harmful antibody that attacks components of the body called self antigens. Normally autoantibodies are routinely eliminated by the immune system's self-regulatory process--probably through the neutralization of autoantibody-producing lymphocytes before they mature. At times this...
  Encyclopedia Britannica
  Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2020