Cytokines and inflammatory mediators as promising markers of polymyositis/dermatomyositis

• Published in: Current opinion in rheumatology Vol. 32; no. 6; p. 534
• Main Authors: Cerezo, Lucie Andrés, Vencovský, Jiří, Šenolt, Ladislav
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.11.2020
• Subjects: Biomarkers - blood; Circulating MicroRNA - blood; Cytokines - blood; Dermatomyositis - blood; Dermatomyositis - diagnosis; Humans; Inflammation Mediators - blood; Muscle Weakness - blood; Myositis - blood; Myositis - diagnosis
• ISSN: 1531-6963
• DOI: 10.1097/BOR.0000000000000744

Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs), known also as myositis, represent challenging group of heterogeneous muscle disorders characterized by symmetric proximal muscle weakness and evidence of muscle inflammation. The purpose of this review is to provide important updates on cytokines and inflam...