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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-1-20
pubmed:abstractText
Pregnancy-related and idiopathic adult polymyositis are inflammatory myopathies of unknown aetiology in which CD8 positive T cells are found in close association with the up-regulation of human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class I on affected muscle cells. A similar polymyositis can also occur in patients with chronic graft versus host disease, wherein graft lymphocytes may be involved in the myositis. We investigated whether polymyositis that was temporally related to pregnancy, contained Y chromosome-bearing cells or signals using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in biopsies of lesional muscle from two women who had given birth to sons. Furthermore, if Y chromosome material was present, we investigated whether it was contained in the intact inflammatory cells (CD8 positive lymphocytes for example), fetal macrophages, or differentiated fetal stem cells engrafted in the lesional skeletal muscle, and thus whether fetal cells played a role in the pathogenesis of the myositis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
1465-3931
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
42
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
160-4
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:20085518-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:20085518-CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:20085518-Chimerism, pubmed-meshheading:20085518-Chromosomes, Human, Y, pubmed-meshheading:20085518-DNA, pubmed-meshheading:20085518-Female, pubmed-meshheading:20085518-Fetus, pubmed-meshheading:20085518-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:20085518-In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence, pubmed-meshheading:20085518-Male, pubmed-meshheading:20085518-Maternal-Fetal Exchange, pubmed-meshheading:20085518-Muscle, Skeletal, pubmed-meshheading:20085518-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:20085518-Polymyositis, pubmed-meshheading:20085518-Pregnancy, pubmed-meshheading:20085518-Pregnancy Complications, pubmed-meshheading:20085518-Sex-Determining Region Y Protein, pubmed-meshheading:20085518-Young Adult
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
PCR detectable Y chromosome-specific DNA but no intact Y chromosome-bearing cells in polymyositis biopsies of two women with male offspring.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pathology, University of Otago, Dunedin School of Medicine, Dunedin, New Zealand.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't