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Mechanisms of lysis by activated cytotoxic cells expressing perforin and granzyme-B genes and the protein TIA-1 in muscle biopsies of myositis.
The Journal of rheumatology - 1 Jul 1996
Cherin P, Herson S, Crevon M C, Hauw J J, Cervera P, Galanaud P, Emilie D
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Polymyositis (PM) and cermatomyositis (DM) are inflammatory muscle diseases of autoimmune origin. A chronic mononuclear cell infiltrate is always present around PM and DM muscle damage. In PM, the predominant cells are activated cytotoxic cells, natural killer, and CD8+ T lymphocytes. Cytotoxic cells can kill the target cells via 2 mechanisms. Both pathways induce target cell death by releasing the...
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