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Are autoantibodies in COVID-19 less harmful than previously thought?

by Berlin Institute of Health in der Charité (BIH)  3D model of an antibody. Credit: Tokenzero Critically ill COVID-19 patients often have antibodies in their blood that bind to the body’s own structures, so-called autoantibodies. Scientists from the BIH at Charité and the Max Delbrück Center have now discovered that these autoantibodies frequently bind to...

Researchers identify the origin of subset of autoantibodies that worsen lupus
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Researchers identify the origin of subset of autoantibodies that worsen lupus

by Haley Wasserman, Johns Hopkins University Prevalence, clinical and serologic associations of antibodies to DNase1L3 in a prospective observational cohort of patients with SLE. a Serum levels and positivity of anti-DNase1L3 antibodies in healthy controls (HC) and patients with SLE. Using a cutoff of two standard deviations above the mean anti-DNase1L3 antibody level in healthy...