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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Steven Alan Greenberg
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-3112 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Neurology 20051201 11
<h4>Background</h4>Previous immunohistochemical studies of muscle from patients with inclusion body myositis and polymyositis found many more T cells than B cells, suggesting a role for intramuscular cell-mediated immune mechanisms rather than humoral mechanisms.<h4>Methods</h4>Microarray studies were performed on muscle biopsy specimens from 40 patients with inclusion body myositis (IBM; n = 23), polymyositis (PM; n = 6), and without neuromuscular disease (n = 11). Reverse transcription PCR of ...[more]