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Query: UMLS:C0039483 (
giant cell arteritis
)
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Peripheral blood lymphocytes from some patients with rheumatoid vasculitis and
giant cell arteritis
were cytotoxic in vitro towards endothelial cells, but not fibroblasts. Use of cell surface markers and cell density showed that cytotoxicity correlated with numbers of HLA-DR bearing cells, but not with cells bearing CD3, the
transferrin receptor
, or less dense lymphocytes. We concluded that activated, cytotoxic lymphocytes were present in the peripheral blood of a sub-set of patients with vasculitis.
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PMID:Activated, cytotoxic lymphocytes in systemic vasculitis. 183 18
