Autoantibodies Produced at the Site of Tissue Damage Provide Evidence of Humoral Autoimmunity in Inclusion Body Myositis
Ray A, Amato AA, Bradshaw EM, Felice KJ, DiCapua DB, Goldstein JM, Lundberg IE, Nowak RJ, Ploegh HL, Spooner E, Wu Q, Willis SN, O’Connor K. Autoantibodies Produced at the Site of Tissue Damage Provide Evidence of Humoral Autoimmunity in Inclusion Body Myositis. PLOS ONE 2012, 7: e46709. PMID: 23071619, PMCID: PMC3465259, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0046709.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInclusion body myositisHumoral immune responseImmune responsePlasma cellsTissue damageBody myositisAntibody-secreting plasma cellsCell linesSingle plasma cellsMajor intermediate filament proteinMuscle tissueIBM patientsHumoral autoimmunityInflammatory myopathiesHuman-derived cell linesIBM muscleMuscle tissue sectionsMuscle tissue homogenatesMuscle diseaseTissue homogenatesTissue sectionsIntermediate filament proteinsMyositisAutoantibodiesDisease