the diagnostic sensitivity of anti-CCP antibodies was 64% and the proportion of positive tests increased with the number of fulfilled classification criteria according to the American College of ...

He also had a highly positive antinuclear antibody titer, elevated immunoglobulin G, and weakly positive anti-smooth muscle antibody. He was negative for viral and anti-mitochondrial antibody markers.

Patients who were anti-AQP4 antibody-positive were more commonly treated with monoclonal antibodies ... She worked as the research communication officer at MDUK, a UK-based charity that supports ...

Sjögren’s antibody testing is done using a blood sample. It checks antibody levels, including anti-SS-A (also called anti-Ro) and anti-SS-B (also called anti-La). Anti-SS-A and anti-SS-B are ...

Serum samples from patients with each condition often have anti-GQ1b IgG antibody. METHODS Information on antecedent illness, initial symptoms, neurological signs during the illness, and CSF findings ...

These patients were compared with all other patients with pSS with negative anti-Sm, anti-RNP and anti-dsDNA antibodies. Results Overall, 21 patients with pSS positive for anti-RNP antibodies and 446 ...

[36] SUMOs are linked covalently to Sp100 and PML, and autoantibodies against SUMOs were exclusively detected in a proportion of anti-MND-positive PBC patients. Autoantibodies against SUMO-2 and ...

Immunoblot was more sensitive than counterimmunoelectrophoresis for the detection of anti-ENA antibodies, both in patients with autoimmune liver diseases (15% positive sera vs 8%) and in SLE ...

NEW YORK – Context Therapeutics on Wednesday said it began treating patients in a Phase I trial of its claudin 6 (CLDN6)- and CD3 T-cell-engaging bispecific antibody, CTIM-76, in CLDN6-positive ...

NEW YORK, February 04, 2025 -- ( BUSINESS WIRE )--Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) reported financial results for fourth-quarter and ...

The new administration's freeze on foreign aid (affecting America's sweeping anti-HIV initiative PEPFAR) has raised concerns about the dispersal of the pills taken daily by those who are HIV positive.