Comparison between treatment naive juvenile and adult dermatomyositis muscle biopsies: difference of inflammatory cells phenotyping

Abstract Background Different inflammatory cells (i.e., CD4, CD8, CD20 and CD68) are involved in pathogenesis of DM muscle. In this context, the aim of this study was to assess and compare these inflammatory cell phenotyping in muscle samples of treatment naive juvenile and adult patients with derma...

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Main Authors: Samuel Katsuyuki Shinjo, Adriana Maluf Elias Sallum, Sueli Mieko Oba-Shinjo, Marilda Guimarães Silva, Clovis Artur Silva, Suely Kazue Nagahashi Marie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-10-01
Series:Advances in Rheumatology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42358-018-0037-5