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AUTOANTIBODY

origination date: 15/09/2000
originator: Carlos
subject field: medicine: body-part
check date: 13/08/2001
checker: Pamela
URL: http://my.webmd.ca/content/asset/yale_lab_tests_test_name_autoantibody_testing.html

originator: Arianne
origination date: 18/01/2001
URL: http://www.msd.es/publicaciones/mmerck/MM_14_177.htm

originator: Arianne
origination date: 18/01/2001

Conceptual Structures
ISAANTIBODY
ANCESTORSALL
ANIMAL-PART
ANIMAL-SUBSTANCE
ANIMATE
ANIMATE-PART
ANTIBODY
BODY-PART
INTERNAL-ANIMAL-PART
INTERNAL-ANIMAL-SUBSTANCE
OBJECT
PHYSICAL-OBJECT
PROTEIN
SEPARABLE-ENTITY

English
autoantibodyterm type: main entry term
part of speech: noun
number: singular
reliability code: 10
definition: antibody produced by the immune system to fight other elements of the body which are considered harmful or alien. Cancer research is moving in the direction of developing treatments based on autoantibodies, on the grounds that the immune system may identify cancerous cells as harmful or alien. (en)
context (x): Autbody.txt

origination date: 12/11/2001
originator: Arianne

Spanish
autoanticuerpoterm type: main entry term
part of speech: noun
gender: masculine
number: singular
reliability code: 10
definition: anticuerpo producido por el sistema inmunitario para luchar contra otros elementos del cuerpo considerados dañinos o ajenos al propio cuerpo. La investigación del cáncer trata de desarrollar tratamientos basados en autoanticuerpos, sobre la asunción de que el sistema inmunitario podría identificar la células cancerosas como elementos dañinos o ajenos. (es)
origination date: 12/11/2001
originator: Arianne