Gingergrrl
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These antibodies are known or have been proposed to play a role in POTS, complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) and CFS, and serious adverse reactions to HPV vaccination.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5209415/
Interesting article but I didn't see the link to the Cell Trend autoantibodies. Is that part mentioned in the article? Sorry for my confusion!
We will hopefully figure all this out in the next few years.
That would be amazing... and hopefully even sooner!
@Jonathan Edwards is it possible that the presence of these autoantibodies indicate a subgroup of an autoimmune subset (perhaps one more suspectible to POTS) and that the Rituximab responses (with varied autoantibody levels) represent the autoimmune subset (and diffrrent subgroups within)?
Am quoting you b/c I am curious about the answer as well. I believe there is an autoimmune subset (as part of ME/CFS or something that will eventually be it's own disease entity) and within this subset, are people who have these autoantibodies, who also have POTS, and who are potential responders to Rituximab.