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General pathology and immunology

Type II hypersensitivity and antibody-mediated injury

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A renal biopsy shows antibody binding to a structural protein already present along a basement membrane. Investigators find no requirement for circulating soluble antigen-antibody complexes to deposit before binding occurs.

Which finding most directly supports classification as a type II reaction?