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HUMIRA, an antibody to TNF alpha, was the world's first fully human antibody, [36] which went on to become the world's top selling pharmaceutical with sales of over $18Bn in 2017 [37] Cambridge Antibody Technology was acquired by AstraZeneca in 2006 for £702m.
Anti-histone antibodies are autoantibodies that are a subset of the anti-nuclear antibody family, which specifically target histone protein subunits or histone complexes. [1] They were first reported by Henry Kunkel , H.R. Holman, and H.R.G. Dreicher in their studies of cellular causes of lupus erythematosus in 1959–60.
Scl-70 antibodies are associated with more severe scleroderma disease. [4] Anti-topoisomerase antibodies can be classified according to their immunoglobulin class (IgM, IgG or IgA). IgG-ATA is found most frequently in scleroderma, with IgA being quite common but IgM very infrequent. [5]
Anti-Ro antibodies are also found less frequently in other disorders including autoimmune liver diseases, coeliac disease, autoimmune rheumatic diseases, cardiac neonatal lupus erythematosus and polymyositis. [19] [20] During pregnancy, anti-Ro antibodies can cross the placenta and cause heart block [21] [22] and neonatal lupus in babies. [23]
A photomicrograph of Candida albicans showing hyphal outgrowth and other morphological characteristics.. Mannan (oligomannan) is a component of the yeast cell wall.Antibodies to yeast mannans are found at increased frequency in Crohn's disease and ASCA positive Crohn's tend to have lower low levels of mannan-binding lectin. [15]
Anti-dsDNA antibodies are incredibly specific for SLE, with studies quoting nearly 100%, and are therefore used in the diagnosis of SLE. Higher titres of anti-dsDNA antibodies are more suggestive of SLE and lower titres can be found in people without the disease.
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Such mAbs can be modified for delivery of a toxin, radioisotope, cytokine or other active conjugate or to design bispecific antibodies that can bind with their Fab regions both to target antigen and to a conjugate or effector cell. Every intact antibody can bind to cell receptors or other proteins with its Fc region. Monoclonal antibodies for ...