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Anti-MDA5 antibody positive dermatomyositis (DM) and clinically amyopathic DM (CADM) often develop into rapidly progressive interstitial lung disease, but their pathogenesis remains unclear. We observed that sera from DM/CADM patients immunoprecipitated a common 110 kDa polypeptide. We investigated
The biosynthesis of collagen was studied in skin of healthy subjects and patients with progressive sclerodermia and dermatomyositis. The incorporatione of radioactive precursors (14C-proline), the rate of so-called collage-like-protein in sera, and the excretion of hydroxyprolin in urine depended on
Dermatomyositis is a common connective tissue disease. The occurrence and development of dermatomyositis is a result of multiple factors, but its exact pathogenesis has not been fully elucidated. Here, we used biological information method to explore and predict the major disease related genes of
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We previously reported the presence of autoantibodies to the extracellular matrix protein, fibrillin 1, in sera from patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc). These autoantibodies appeared to be highly disease-specific but had significantly different frequencies among ethnic groups. The aims
Inflammatory myopathies are characterized by infiltration of inflammatory cells into muscle. Typically, immune-mediated disorders such as polymyositis, dermatomyositis and inclusion body myositis are diagnosed.A small family of dogs with early onset muscle