Activation of Arterial Wall Dendritic Cells and Breakdown of Self-tolerance in Giant Cell Arteritis

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a granulomatous and occlusive vasculitis that causes blindness, stroke, and aortic aneurysm. CD4+ T cells are selectively activated in the adventitia of affected arteries. In human GCA artery–severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) mouse chimeras, depletion of CD83+ den...

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Main Authors: Ma-Krupa, Wei, Jeon, Myung-Shin, Spoerl, Silvia, Tedder, Thomas F., Goronzy, Jörg J., Weyand, Cornelia M.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: The Rockefeller University Press 2004
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2211768/