in addition , antiglobulin activity was present in eluates from three of the four kidneys , the findings suggest that ( 1 ) renal vascular lesions in pss may result from injury via immune complexes composed of nuclear antigens and antibody , ( 2 ) the predominance of igm in the vascular lesions may reflect the presence of rheumatoid factor in the immune complexes , and ( 3 ) a similar pathogenetic mechanism may have resulted in allograft failure following renal transplantation of a patient with pss .
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antibody
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immune complexes