Autoantibodies against a 43 KDa muscle protein in inclusion body myositis.

BACKGROUND: Inclusion body myositis (IBM) is a poorly understood and refractory autoimmune muscle disease. Though widely believed to have no significant humoral autoimmunity, we sought to identify novel autoantibodies with high specificity for this disease. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: Plasma aut...

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Main Authors: Mohammad Salajegheh, Theresa Lam, Steven A Greenberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3100335?pdf=render