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SUBMITTER: Ladislau L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5945640 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ladislau Leandro L Portilho Débora M DM Courau Tristan T Solares-Pérez Alhondra A Negroni Elisa E Lainé Jeanne J Klatzmann David D Bonomo Adriana A Allenbach Yves Y Benveniste Olivier O Riederer Ingo I Savino Wilson W Mouly Vincent V Butler-Browne Gillian G Benjamim Claudia F CF
Cell death & disease 20180501 5
Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies (IIMs) are a heterogeneous group of autoimmune diseases affecting skeletal muscle tissue homeostasis. They are characterized by muscle weakness and inflammatory infiltration with tissue damage. Amongst the cells in the muscle inflammatory infiltration, dendritic cells (DCs) are potent antigen-presenting and key components in autoimmunity exhibiting an increased activation in inflamed tissues. Since, the IIMs are characterized by the focal necrosis/regeneration ...[more]