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ACTA NEUROPATHOLOGICA
Volume 99, Issue 5, Pages 585-588Publisher
SPRINGER VERLAG
DOI: 10.1007/s004010051165
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TNF-alpha; polymyositis; dermatomyositis; in situ hybridization; muscle fiber degeneration
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We evaluated the expression of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) mRNA in muscle biopsy specimens from patients with polymyositis (PM) and dermatomyositis (DM) to clarify its role in the pathogenesis of PM and DM. We performed non-radioactive in situ hybridization studies for TNF-alpha combined with immunohistochemistry for cell type-specific markers on muscles from ten PIM and five DM patients. TNF-alpha-positive infiltrating cells present in the endomysium and perimysium were found in all PM and DM muscles. The frequency of TNF-alpha-positive cells against total infiltrating cells was similar among PM and DM (27.1 +/- 7.4% in PM and 28.5 +/- 13.6% in DM). However, TNF-alpha/CD8-positive lymphocytes and TNF-alpha-positive macrophages invading the non-necrotic muscle fiber were observed only in PM but not in DM. TNF-alpha was more highly expressed in PM and DM than was previously thought, and it was suggested that TNF-alpha plays a role in muscle fiber degeneration in PM.
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