Transforming growth factor-β1 in polymyositis and dermatomyositis correlates with fibrosis but not with mononuclear cell infiltrate

Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 479-484

  Confalonieri, Paolo ^a   Bernasconi, Pia ^a   Cornelio, Ferdinando ^a   Mantegazza, Renato ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Connective tissue; Dermatomyositis; Fibrosis; Inflammatory myopathies; Polymyositis; Transforming growth factor 1

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL INFILTRATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOMYOSITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOMODULATION; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE NECROSIS; MYOFIBROSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMYOSITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0030781193     PISSN: 00223069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005072-199705000-00003     Document Type: Article

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