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Article: MelTec GmbH Characterizes Protein Networks Involved in T-cell Invasion - Results of Two Studies Published in the Journal of Theoretical Medicine -.
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- May 1, 2002
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MAGDEBURG, Germany -- MelTec GmbH, a functional proteomics company, today announced the publication of two scientific studies in the April 2002 issue of the Journal of Theoretical Medicine, describing the protein networks involved in T-cell invasion in Sarcoid myopathy and Polymyositis.
It is known that lymphocytes, because of their innate ability to invade and progressively destroy cells, play an essential role in cellular immune response, autoimmune diseases and transplant rejection. In the current published studies, muscle biopsies from patients suffering from polymyositis and sarcoid myopathy, two diseases characterized by muscle invasion of T-cells and ...