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SUBMITTER: Chen H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4319900 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chen Hao H Zheng Donghang D Ambadapadi Sriram S Davids Jennifer J Ryden Sally S Samy Hazem H Bartee Mee M Sobel Eric E Dai Erbin E Liu Liying L Macaulay Colin C Yachnis Anthony A Weyand Cornelia C Thoburn Robert R Lucas Alexandra A
PloS one 20150206 2
Giant cell arteritis (GCA) and Takayasu's disease are inflammatory vasculitic syndromes (IVS) causing sudden blindness and widespread arterial obstruction and aneurysm formation. Glucocorticoids and aspirin are mainstays of treatment, predominantly targeting T cells. Serp-1, a Myxomavirus-derived serpin, blocks macrophage and T cells in a wide range of animal models. Serp-1 also reduced markers of myocardial injury in a Phase IIa clinical trial for unstable coronary disease. In recent work, we d ...[more]