Dermatomyositis associated with lymphoproliferative disorder of NK cells and occult small cell lung carcinoma

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 239-241

  Antonioli, Chiara M ^a   Airò, Paolo ^a  

^a Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dermatomyositis; Lymphoproliferative disorder; NK cell; Small cell lung carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CD16 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD56 ANTIGEN; CD94 ANTIGEN; CREATINE KINASE; FLUOCORTOLONE; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHOTREXATE; MUSCLE ENZYME;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH;

AGED; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; DERMATOMYOSITIS; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS; MALE;

EID: 3042666768     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-003-0814-2     Document Type: Article

References (11)

1. Hohlfeld R, Engel AG, Goebels N, Behrens L (1997) Cellular immune mechanisms in inflammatory myopathies. Curr Opin Rheumatol 9:520-526
2. Hohlfeld R, Engel AG, Ii K, Harper MC (1991) Polymyositis mediated by T lymphocytes that express the gamma/delta receptor. N Engl J Med 324:877-881
3. Plotz PH, Miller FW (1998) Inflammatory muscle disease: etiology and pathogenesis. In: Klippel JH, Dieppe PA (eds) Rheumatology, 2nd ed. Mosby, Chicago, Sect 7, Chap 14
4. Semenzato G, Zambello R, Starkebaum G, Oshimi K, Loughran TP Jr (1997) The lymphoproliferative disease of granular lymphocytes: updated criteria for diagnosis. Blood 89:256-260
5. Hill CL, Zhang Y, Sigurgeirsson B et al. (2001) Frequency of specific cancer types in dermatomyosistis and polymyositis: a population based study. Lancet 357:96-100
6. Callen JP (2000) Dermatomyositis. Lancet 355:53-57
7. Zambello R, Semenzato G (1998) Large granular lymphocytosis. Haematologica 83:936-942
8. Moretta A, Biassoni R, Bottino C et al. (1997) Major histocompatibility complex class I-specific receptors on human natural killer and T lymphocytes. Immunol Rev 155:105-117
9. Moretta L, Biassoni R, Bottino C, Mingari MC, Moretta A (2000) Natural cytotoxicity receptors that trigger human NK-cell-mediated cytolysis. Immunol Today 21:228-234
10. Sivori S, Parolini S, Falco M et al. (2000) 2B4 functions as a co-receptor in human NK cell activation. Eur J Immunol 30:787-793
11. Nash R, McSweeney P, Zambello R, Semenzato G, Loughran TP Jr (1993) Clonal studies of CD3-lymphoproliferative disease of granular lymphocytes. Blood 81:2363-2368