1.Despite advances in the diagnosis and treatment of the antineutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibodies (ANCA)-associated vasculitides, renal morbidity is common.
4.This condition is actually an autoimmune disease in which autoantibodies target natively produced proteins, some of which are secreted by cartilage cells.
5.Spondyloarthropathies are all autoimmune diseases that affect the joints, and they're seronegative, which refers to the fact that rheumatoid factor, which is an autoantibody, is not found in the blood.
6.The rest of cases, though, are secondary, and seem to arise from autoantibodies that are generated in response to another process like an infection, malignancies, autoimmune conditions, or medications.
7.In very rare cases, myasthenia gravis can present as a paraneoplastic syndrome, which means that an underlying cancer like bronchogenic carcinoma or thymic neoplasm (also known as thymoma) generates an immune response which results in generation of autoantibodies.