What is the term for an antibody that inappropriately marks self-components as foreign?
autoimmune antibody
rogue antibody
compromised antibody
autoantibody
Try your hand at diagnosing an allergic reaction by selecting one of the interactive case studies (http://openstaxcollege. org/l/world_allergy) at the World Allergy Organization website. Autoimmunity Autoimmunity is a type of hypersensitivity to self-antigens that affects approximately five percent of the population. Most types of autoimmunity involve the humoral immune response. An antibody that inappropriately marks self-components as foreign is termed an autoantibody. In patients with myasthenia gravis, an autoimmune disease, muscle-cell receptors that induce contraction in response to acetylcholine are targeted by antibodies. The result is muscle weakness that may include.