Role of cytokines and chemokines in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies

Autor: De Paepe, Boel, Creus, Kim K, Bleecker, Jan L De
Zdroj: Current Opinion in Rheumatology; November 2009, Vol. 21 Issue: 6 p610-616, 7p
Abstrakt: Cytokines and chemokines are essential players in the initiation and progression of the idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs). This review focuses on the most recent data and the new insight they provide for the disease mechanisms of dermatomyositis, polymyositis and sporadic inclusion body myositis.
Databáze: Supplemental Index