Interferon-γ-producing T cells in giant cell vasculitis represent a minority of tissue-infiltrating cells and are located distant from the site of pathology

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 148, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1925-1933

  Wagner, Annette D ^a   Björnsson, Johannes ^a   Bartley, George B ^a   Goronzy, Jörg J ^a   Weyand, Cornelia M ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; CELL NUCLEUS ANTIGEN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; HLA DR ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY KI 67; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TALIN;

ADVENTITIA; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS;

ANTIGENS, CD45; ARTERITIS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIVISION; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-2; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-2; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; TALIN; TEMPORAL ARTERIES;

EID: 0029980187     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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