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Query: UMLS:C0042384 (vasculitis)
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TNF-alpha, ICAM1, VCAM1, ELAM, CD44 and DR expression were studied (indirect immunoperoxydase methods) on labial salivary gland sections in 5 patients with proven rheumatoid vasculitis (before and after treatment), 5 patients with RA and 5 normal controls. TNF-alpha and cell adhesion molecules were particularly expressed in vasculitic areas of patients with systemic vasculitis and only before the onset of the treatment.
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PMID:[Is the expression of TNF-alpha and cell adhesion molecules a marker of development of rheumatoid vasculitis?]. 800 14

CD44 variant isoforms are frequently expressed on tissue-infiltrating lymphocytes. By the high incidence of autoimmune reactions of the skin and aiming at new strategies of therapeutic intervention, we became interested in evaluating the CD44 isoform expression profile in autoimmune reactions of the skin. Expression of CD44s, CD44v3, v5, v6, v7, v7-v8, and v10 was evaluated in 55 biopsies of lupus erythematosus, bullous pemphigoid, vasculitis, morphea, and pemphigus vulgaris. Biopsies did not contain CD44v5-, CD44v6-, CD44v7-, or CD44v7-v8-positive leukocytes. Staining with anti-CD44v10 was seen in vasculitis and occasionally in lupus erythematosus, morphea, and bullous pemphigoid. All biopsies contained CD44v3(+) leukocytes, the percentage of CD44v3(+) leukocytes being increased in autoimmune infiltrates with the exception of pemphigus vulgaris. CD44v3 was expressed by CD4(+) cells as well as by part of CD8(+) cells, Langerhans cells, and monocytes. Vascular endothelium also contained CD44v3(+) cells. Only monocytes expressed CD44v10. We assume that CD44v3 and CD44v10 may be targeting leukocytes toward the skin or allow for their retention and expansion via binding of cytokines and chemokines harbored by activated, skin-associated endothelium or provided by cells surrounding the infiltrate. The absence of CD44v6, frequently associated with lymphocyte activation, appears to be a peculiarity of skin-infiltrating leukocytes.
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PMID:CD44 variant isoform expression in a variety of skin-associated autoimmune diseases. 975 27

We discuss a 53-year-old woman with systemic lupus erythematosus who presented with vasculitis, hypocomplementemia and nephritis. Although her serum complement 4 (C4) levels were zero, she had four copies of C4 gene. Renal biopsy revealed membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis and the presence of cryoglobulins, detected by electron microscopy, and significant numbers of T cells in the interstitium. Cryoglobulins were considered responsible for the complete consumption of C4 in the serum the levels of which improved gradually after treatment. T cells in the kidney were found to express CD44 and phosphorylated ezrin/radixin/moiesin which explain why they homed to the kidney inappropriately. The contribution of cryoglobulins and T cells in the expression of kidney pathology is discussed.
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PMID:T cells and in situ cryoglobulin deposition in the pathogenesis of lupus nephritis. 1856 70

Thromboangiitis obliterans is an inflammatory disease possibly resulting from cigarette smoking as a primary etiologic factor, perhaps as a delayed type of hypersensitivity or toxic angiitis. As little is known about the pathogenesis of the disease, we aimed to determine novel antigens that might be responsible from the local inflammatory reactions and structural changes observed in this disease. An indirect immunoperoxidase technique is used to examine the tissue samples obtained from the dorsalis pedis artery of affected individuals with twenty monoclonal antibodies. Among these several antigens which are not previously reported in TAO like CD34, CD44 and CD90 were determined in the tissue samples examined. On the other hand, many other antigens like cytokine/chemokine receptors, several enzymes and leukocyte/lymphocyte antigens were lacking giving some clues about the local pathological reactions. We briefly discussed our findings for several critical antigens those first described in the present work, possibly having roles in the development of the disease. Expression of the CD90/CD11c receptor/ligand pair seems to play an important role in mononuclear cell recruitment to the damage site. Vascular invasion of not only tunica intima but also the tunica media in affected vessels is clearly demonstrated using endothelial cell specific antigens.
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PMID:Targeting novel antigens in the arterial wall in thromboangiitis obliterans. 2052 29