Sentences with phrase «autoantibodies directed»

Of all the thyroid hormones, only measurement of free T4 (by dialysis) is not affected by autoantibodies directed at T4 or T3, because the serum autoantibodies are removed in the dialysis step.

«For example, in Graves» disease, autoantibodies directed against the TSH receptor stimulate the thyroid in an uncontrolled fashion, causing hyperthyroidism,» Schöneberg says.

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Autoimmune disease means that a dog's immune system has incorrectly identified some substance in the body as a foreign intruder, and is creating antibodies directed against the dog itself (autoantibodies), rather than the bacteria, viruses, etc. against which they should be directed.

If dogs develop autoantibodies to albumin as a direct result of routine vaccination, their neurological function is but one likely casualty.