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A local antigen-driven humoral response is present in the inflammatory myopathies.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 1 Jan 2007
Bradshaw Elizabeth M, Orihuela Ana, McArdel Shannon L, Salajegheh Mohammad, Amato Anthony A, Hafler David A, Greenberg Steven A, O'Connor Kevin C
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The inflammatory myopathies are putative autoimmune disorders characterized by muscle weakness and the presence of intramuscular inflammatory infiltrates. Although inclusion body myositis and polymyositis have been characterized as cytotoxic CD8(+) T cell-mediated diseases, we recently demonstrated high frequencies of CD138(+) plasma cells in the inflamed muscle tissue of patients with these diseases. To gain a...
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