Anticholinergic antibodies
Why is ACTH increased?
Anticholinergic antibodies can also activate the classical pathway of the classical pathway complement pathway this is a family of small proteins that work in an enzymatic cascade to fight off bacterial infections the activation of CCP causes inflammation and destruction of the muscle cells. ACTH is a peptide hormone that binds to corticotrope cells that is being release when the hypothalamus detects stressful stimuli such as infection and acts on inflammatory state and due to thymoma.