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Mechanisms of inflammation and histopathology in inflammatory myopathy
1Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis.
Rheumatic Diseases Clinics of North America
|November 1, 1994
Abstract:
The term inflammatory myopathy describes a group of disorders characterized by mononuclear cell infiltration of muscle tissue. Abnormalities of cell-mediated immunity have been implicated repeatedly in the pathogenesis of these disorders. In recent years, considerable evidence supporting this view has been obtained, strongly suggesting a central role to T cells in the pathogenetic process. This article reviews the immunopathology and the cellular mechanisms involved in the pathogenesis of inflammatory myopathy.