The mother's antibodies destroy the fetus's red blood cells, causing anemia and miscarriages.
If you get a transfusion that has different antigens (incompatible blood), the antibodies in your plasma will destroy the donor blood cells.
The antibodies destroy the blood cells because the immune system mistakenly recognizes these blood cells as foreign material within the body.
These antibodies destroy granulocytic neutrophils.
In such cases, antibodies against annexin A-V destroy its 2-dimensional crystal structure and uncover the phospholipids in the membrane, making them available for contribution to various coagulation mechanisms.
Then, if you are exposed to the flu later, the antibodies can attack and destroy the virus.
In hemolytic disease, the maternal antibodies destroy RhD-positive fetal red blood cells.
These antibodies may react with and destroy the red blood cells and platelets.
Normally, antibodies, the body's protective mechanisms found in the bloodstream and tissues, react with and destroy antigens without trouble.
Most experts believe the syndrome represents an autoimmune attack in which antibodies in the blood mistakenly attach themselves to normal tissue and destroy it.