| FCA | ferritin-conjugated antibodies; Freund's complete adjuvant; functional capacity assessment |
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| Mabs | monoclonal antibodies |
| MAIN | medication-induced, autoimmune, infectious, and neoplastic [diseases associated with antiphospholipi... |
| MAS | magic angle spinning; Manifest Anxiety Scale; maximum average score; McCune-Albright syndrome; mecon... |
| IAP | immunosuppressive acidic protein; inosinic acid pyrophosphorylase; Institute of Animal Physiology; i... |
| HTLV-blv antibodies | Antibodies reactive with various types of human T-cell leukaemia/lymphoma antigens or bovine leukaemia virus antigens. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| HTLV-I antibodies | Antibodies reactive with the HTLV-I antigens. (12 Dec 1998) |
| HTLV-II antibodies | Antibodies reactive with the HTLV-II antigens. (12 Dec 1998) |
| humoral antibodies | <immunology> Antibodies which are secreted by B lymphocytes circulating in the blood, in response to antigens found in body fluids. (06 Mar 1998) |
| striational antibodies | <immunology> Thymoma occur in approximately 15% of patients with myasthenia gravis. Striational antibodies are found in 90% of patients with both myasthenia gravis and thymoma and are present in only 6% of myasthenia gravis patients <40 years of age without thymoma. They are absent in 82-100% of all patients with myasthenia gravis but without thymoma. The absence of striational antibodies argues against a thymoma in a patient with myasthenia gravis. Elevated values of striational antibodies (predominantly IgM) are found in 25% of patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated with penicillamine. They are also useful when monitoring immunosuppressive therapy for detection of autoimmune complications of bone marrow transplantation including graft-versus-host disease. Measurement of striational antibodies and acetylcholine receptor antibodies is useful for predicting risk of myasthenia gravis in patients with thymoma and for predicting recurrence of thymoma. Antibodies to titin, which comprise at least some of the striational antibodies which react with the I band near the A-1 junction, are highly associated with the presence of thymoma in myasthenia gravis. Alpha-smooth muscle (alpha-SM) is also associated with striational antibodies. The alpha-SM actin isoform is expressed normally by vascular SM cells and by stromal fibroblastic cells in pathological conditions leading to fibrosis. Upregulatation of alpha-SM actin in the glomerulus indicates mesangial cell activation and is not always correlated with the degree of glomerulosclerosis. The relatively high incidence for ASA (anti-smooth muscle antibody) suggests that immune-mediated processes might be involved in the etiology of sudden deafness. (16 Dec 1997) |
| Ku antibodies | Ku antibodies (a DNA-binding protein) are found in approximately 15-50% of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus, mixed connective tissue disease, Sj |
| lamin antibodies | Displaying a ring- or rim-type ANA pattern by indirect fluorescent antibody assay, lamin antibodies are found in a few patients with SLE. They are more common in patients with chronic autoimmune disease with an unusual triad of conditions including hepatitis, cytopenia(s) with a circulating anticoagulant or cardiolipin antibodies and cutaneous leukocytoclastic angiitis or probable brain vasculitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lymphocytotoxic antibodies | Antibody's specific for histocompatibility antigens of lymphocytes and which, upon combining with the antigens, induce cellular damage or death. (05 Mar 2000) |
| T-cell-rich, B-cell lymphoma | <tumour> A B-cell lymphoma in which more than 90% of the cells are of T-cell origin, masking the large cells that form the neoplastic B-cell component. See: adult T-cell lymphoma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| absorption cell | A small glass chamber with parallel sides, in which absorption spectra of solutions can be obtained. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acid cell | One of the cell's of the gastric glands; it lies upon the basement membrane, covered by the chief cell's, and secretes hydrochloric acid that reaches the lumen of the gland through fine intracellular and intercellular canals (canaliculi). Synonym: acid cell, oxyntic cell. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acidophil cell | A cell whose cytoplasm or its granules stain with acid dyes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acinar cell | Any secreting cell lining an acinus, especially applied to the cell's of the pancreas that furnish pancreatic juice and enzymes to distinguish them from the cell's of ducts and the islets of Langerhans. Synonym: acinous cell. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acinar cell tumour | A solid and cystic tumour of the pancreas, occurring in young women; tumour cells contain zymogen granules. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acinic cell adenocarcinoma | <tumour> An adenocarcinoma arising from secreting cells of a racemose gland, particularly the salivary glands. Synonym: acinar carcinoma, acinic cell carcinoma, acinose carcinoma, acinous carcinoma. (05 Mar 2000) |