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Anti-smooth muscle antibodies are antibodies (immunoglobulins) formed against smooth muscle. These antibodies are typically associated with autoimmune hepatitis.

These antibodies can be directed against actin, troponin, and tropomyosin.

References

1. Dawkins, RL; Joske RA (June 1973). "Immunoglobulin deposition in liver of patients with active chronic hepatitis and antibody against smooth muscle". British Medical Journal. 2 (5867): 643–645. doi:10.1136/bmj.2.5867.643. PMC 1589647. PMID 4577016.
2. M. Eric Gershwin (2007). Liver immunology: principles and practice. Humana Press. pp. 265–. ISBN 978-1-58829-818-8. Retrieved 26 October 2010.
3. Kenneth Michael Pollard (2006). Autoantibodies and autoimmunity: molecular mechanisms in health and disease. Wiley-VCH. pp. 293–. ISBN 978-3-527-31141-5. Retrieved 26 October 2010.

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