TY - JOUR AU - Yokota, Masaya AU - Suzuki, Kotaro AU - Tokoyoda, Koji AU - Meguro, Kazuyuki AU - Hosokawa, Junichi AU - Tanaka, Shigeru AU - Ikeda, Kei AU - Mikata, Takashi AU - Nakayama, Toshinori AU - Kohsaka, Hitoshi AU - Nakajima, Hiroshi PY - 2014 DA - 2014/03/17 TI - Roles of mast cells in the pathogenesis of inflammatory myopathy JO - Arthritis Research & Therapy SP - R72 VL - 16 IS - 2 AB - In addition to the pivotal roles of mast cells in allergic diseases, recent data suggest that mast cells play crucial roles in a variety of autoimmune responses. However, their roles in the pathogenesis of autoimmune skeletal muscle diseases have not been clarified despite their distribution in skeletal muscle. Therefore, the objective of this study is to determine the roles of mast cells in the development of autoimmune skeletal muscle diseases. SN - 1478-6354 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/ar4512 DO - 10.1186/ar4512 ID - Yokota2014 ER -