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The type I interferon system in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies.
Lundberg, Ingrid E; Helmers, Sevim Barbasso.
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  • Lundberg IE; Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital - Solna, Stockholm, Sweden. ingrid.lundberg@ki.se
Autoimmunity ; 43(3): 239-43, 2010 Apr.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20187702
Polymyositis (PM), dermatomyositis (DM) and inclusion body myositis (IBM) are chronic inflammatory diseases that are characterized by muscle weakness and inflammatory cells in muscle tissue. Autoantibodies are common, some of them are specific for myositis, the most frequent being the anti-Jo-1 antibody which is associated not only with myositis but also with interstitial lung disease and arthritis. A role of type I interferons in disease mechanisms of myositis was first supported by the reported onset of PM and DM during treatment with type I interferon. More recently an interferon signature has been reported in muscle tissue of DM and PM patients both as gene and protein expression, and type I IFN expression in peripheral blood cells seems to correlate with disease activity. Different mechanisms could induce type I interferon in PM and DM like viral infections or endogenous factors as suggested by the observation that sera from myositis patients with anti-Jo-1 antibodies as well as anti-SSA and anti-SSB antibodies have an interferon inducible capacity. Accumulating data indicate a role of the type I interferon in myositis, particularly in juvenile and adult DM and in anti-Jo-1 or anti-SSA positive PM.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Interferon Tipo I / Miosite Limite: Humans Idioma: En Revista: Autoimmunity Ano de publicação: 2010 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Interferon Tipo I / Miosite Limite: Humans Idioma: En Revista: Autoimmunity Ano de publicação: 2010 Tipo de documento: Article