Mitochondrial protein ALDH4A1 has been identified as an autoantigen implicated in atherosclerosis. A study published this month in the journal Nature highlights how the identification of this marker ...

Autoantibodies against many proteins are common in sera from patients with various types of cancer. These antibodies are sometimes involved in the development of conditions associated with cancer, ...

In autoimmune diseases, a person’s immune system goes awry, developing antibodies to attack native proteins rather than foreign invaders. A novel chemical approach now makes it easier to discover the ...

The generation of anti-citrullinated protein autoantibodies (ACPA) are known key drivers in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and are generated by peptidyl arginine deiminases (PADs), ...