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- Title
Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies, signified by distinctive peripheral cytokines, chemokines and the TNF family members B-cell activating factor and a proliferation inducing ligand.
- Authors
Szodoray, Peter; Alex, Philip; Knowlton, Nicholas; Centola, Michael; Dozmorov, Igor; Csipo, Istvan; Nagy, Annamaria T.; Constantin, Tamas; Ponyi, Andrea; Nakken, Britt; Danko, Katalin
- Abstract
Objective. Serum cytokines play an important role in the pathogenesis of myositis by initiating and perpetuating various cellular and humoral autoimmune processes. The aim of the present study was to describe a broad spectrum of T- and B-cell cytokines, growth factors and chemokines in patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs) and healthy individuals.
- Subjects
CYTOKINES; T cells; B cells; MYOSITIS; AUTOIMMUNITY
- Publication
Rheumatology, 2010, Vol 49, Issue 10, p1867
- ISSN
1462-0324
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/rheumatology/keq151