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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Steven Alan Greenberg
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-1551 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Greenberg Steven A SA Pinkus Jack L JL Pinkus Geraldine S GS Burleson Travis T Sanoudou Despina D Tawil Rabi R Barohn Richard J RJ Saperstein David S DS Briemberg Hannah R HR Ericsson Maria M Park Peter P Amato Anthony A AA
Annals of neurology 20050501 5
Dermatomyositis has been modeled as an autoimmune disease largely mediated by the adaptive immune system, including a local humorally mediated response with B and T helper cell muscle infiltration, antibody and complement-mediated injury of capillaries, and perifascicular atrophy of muscle fibers caused by ischemia. To further understand the pathophysiology of dermatomyositis, we used microarrays, computational methods, immunohistochemistry and electron microscopy to study muscle specimens from ...[more]