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Mice infected with myopathic coxsackievirus B1 Tucson (CVB1(T)) develop chronic inflammatory myopathy (CIM) consisting of hind limb weakness and inflammation. Amyopathic virus variants are infectious but attenuated for CIM. In this report, viral clones, chimeras, and sequencing were used to identify
In muscle biopsies from patients with inclusion body myositis (IBM), multiple sites were found in many muscle fibers that bound single-stranded but not double-stranded DNA without sequence specificity, as exemplified by several different cDNA probes. This activity was attributable to a protein,
The "A disintegrin and metalloprotease" (ADAM) family is thought to play an important role in tissue destruction and inflammatory reactions. ADAM-17 was first described as the protease responsible for tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α shedding. Here, we have shown the expression of ADAM-17 in
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We evaluated the expression of chemokine-like factor (CKLF) in biopsied muscle fibers in inflammatory myopathies, non-inflammatory myopathies and neurologically diseased controls.
METHODS
We studied the expression of CKLF in 15 polymyositis (PM), five dermatomyositis (DM), 15
Cystatin C (CC), an endogenous cysteine protease inhibitor, is accumulated within amyloid-beta (A beta) amyloid deposits in Alzheimer's disease (AD) brain and was proposed to play a role in the AD pathogenesis. Because the chemo-morphologic muscle phenotype of sporadic inclusion-body myositis
Mutations of the gene encoding four-and-a-half LIM domain 1 (FHL1) are the causative factor of several X-linked hereditary myopathies that are collectively termed FHL1-related myopathies. These disorders are characterized by severe muscle dysfunction and damage. Here, we have shown that patients
Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus is a beta-hemolytic group C streptococcus mainly causing infections in domesticated animals. Here we describe the first case of zoonotic necrotizing myositis caused by this bacterium.
The patient was a 73-year-old, previously healthy farmer with two
Despite the absence of conclusive proof, the incidence of necrotizing fasciitis and myositis due to GAS may be increasing, possibly related to shifts in the proportion of GAS isolates of M-Types 1 and 3. These M-types (or the production of exotoxins and proteases associated with them) may lead to
Protease nexin I is a 43-50 kDa glycoprotein capable of inhibiting a number of serine proteases. In cultured differentiated human skeletal muscle (myotubes), we previously found that protease nexin I was localized in patches at their surface where it was active and able to inhibit thrombin. To
Vacuolated muscle fibers in muscle biopsies of 8 out of 8 inclusion body myositis (IBM) patients, including 2 hereditary patients, manifested increased mRNA for the beta-amyloid precursor protein (beta APP) that contains Kunitz-type protease inhibitor motif. In affected fibers, increased beta
Sporadic inclusion-body myositis (IBM) is the most common, progressive muscle disease of older individuals. We investigated the presence of BACE1 and BACE2-two beta secretases that cleave amyloid-beta-precursor protein-in muscle-biopsy samples from patients with IBM and from controls. On
Sporadic inclusion body myositis (IBM) is the most common primary myopathy in the elderly, but its pathoetiology is still unclear. Perturbed myocellular calcium (Ca2+) homeostasis can exacerbate many of the factors proposed to mediate muscle degeneration in IBM, such as mitochondrial dysfunction,
This review comprises issues concerning cysteine cathepsins (CCs): human peptidases belonging to papain family (C1) of clan CA of cysteine proteases: cathepsins B, L, H, S, K, F, V, X, W, O and C. The involvement of these enzymes in physiological and pathological processes is described, especially
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The specificity of the autoantibody response in different autoimmune diseases makes autoantibodies useful for diagnostic purposes. It also focuses attention on tissue- and event-specific circumstances that may select unique molecules for an autoimmune response in specific diseases.
The immunological properties of muscle cells are of critical importance for both the pathogenesis of inflammatory muscle disorders as well as for understanding and controlling novel therapeutic strategies. Muscle cells can present antigens to both CD4 and CD8 cells. However, the cellular