[Growth factors and cytokines in the pathogenesis of systemic vasculitis].
1991
W L Gross, and
E Csernok, and
J Kekow
Abteilung für Klinische Rheumatologie, Medizinischen Universität zu Lübeck.
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MeSH Term
Description
Entries
D009000
Monocytes
Large, phagocytic mononuclear leukocytes produced in the vertebrate BONE MARROW and released into the BLOOD; contain a large, oval or somewhat indented nucleus surrounded by voluminous cytoplasm and numerous organelles.
Monocyte
D009131
Muscle, Smooth, Vascular
The nonstriated involuntary muscle tissue of blood vessels.
Leukocytes with abundant granules in the cytoplasm. They are divided into three groups according to the staining properties of the granules: neutrophilic, eosinophilic, and basophilic. Mature granulocytes are the NEUTROPHILS; EOSINOPHILS; and BASOPHILS.
Granulocyte
D006133
Growth Substances
Signal molecules that are involved in the control of cell growth and differentiation.
Mitogens, Endogenous,Endogenous Mitogens
D006801
Humans
Members of the species Homo sapiens.
Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D001323
Autoantibodies
Antibodies that react with self-antigens (AUTOANTIGENS) of the organism that produced them.
Autoantibody
D014657
Vasculitis
Inflammation of any one of the blood vessels, including the ARTERIES; VEINS; and rest of the vasculature system in the body.
Angiitis,Angiitides,Vasculitides
D016207
Cytokines
Non-antibody proteins secreted by inflammatory leukocytes and some non-leukocytic cells, that act as intercellular mediators. They differ from classical hormones in that they are produced by a number of tissue or cell types rather than by specialized glands. They generally act locally in a paracrine or autocrine rather than endocrine manner.