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Article: MelTec GmbH characterizes protein networks involved in T-cell invasion.(Brief Article)
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- Immunotherapy Weekly
- Article date:
- May 29, 2002
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2002 MAY 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- MelTec GmbH, a functional proteomics company, has announced the publication of two scientific studies in the April 2002 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 published studies, muscle biopsies from patients suffering from polymyositis and sarcoid myopathy, two diseases characterized by muscle invasion of T-cells and ...