The research, published today in the journal Immunity, focuses on hepatitis C virus (HCV) – which affects an estimated 58 million people worldwide – and its role in triggering a serious autoimmune ...

AIH type 3 is serologically defined by the presence of SLA/LP autoantibodies. However, 74% of patients also have other serological markers of autoimmunity, including SMA and AMA. AIH type 3 has a ...

Autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP ... For example, the Japanese Pancreas Society (2002 and 2006) and Histology, Imaging, Serology, Other Organ Involvement and Response to therapy (HISORt).

The hepatitis A virus (HAV) antibody (AB) total test identifies both types of antibodies that the body produces in response to HAV infection. A reactive result means the test has detected HAV ...

with greater amounts of viral proteins co-localized with tangles of phosphorylated tau -- one of the hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease pathology -- in brain regions especially vulnerable to ...