Chemokine profiles of interstitial pneumonia in patients with dermatomyositis: a case control study

Abstract Chemokines play an important role in the pathophysiology of dermatomyositis (DM) with interstitial pneumonia (IP). However, the relation between chemokines and the disease activity or prognosis of DM-IP has not been elucidated. We evaluated the serum C-C motif chemokine ligand (CCL) 2, Th1...

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Main Authors: Katsuhiro Oda, Takuya Kotani, Tohru Takeuchi, Takaaki Ishida, Takeshi Shoda, Kentaro Isoda, Shuzo Yoshida, Yasuichiro Nishimura, Shigeki Makino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017-05-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-01685-5