Antiphospholipid antibodies (present in the serum of patients with APS) are known to induce platelet activation and the production of procoagulants such as von Willebrand factor, thereby ...

and anti-CRP antibodies have also been found in patients with the antiphospholipid syndrome, which suggests that these antibodies might have pathogenic importance. Figueredo and colleagues ...

However, anti-DNA antigens, anti-Ro (also known as SS-A) or Ro antigens, anticardiolipin antibody, and antineutrophil cytoplasm antibody are implicated in many vasculitic syndromes in LE (Lupus ...