autoantigen

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Synonyms: alloantigen, autoantigens, ectoantigen

Antonyms: alloantigen, autoantigens, ectoantigen

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Noun

1. Any [[antigen]] that stimulates [[autoantibody|autoantibodies]] in the organism that produced it; an antigen produced by the {{l|en|self|id=immunologic}} (that is, by one's own [[tissue]]s).

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