Researchers at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have identified a subgroup of patients with necrotizing myopathy who have a novel autoantibody specificity that makes them potential ...

Intercostal muscle strains are the most common type of musculoskeletal chest pain. The intercostal muscles are thin muscles that attach between the ribs. During breathing, the external intercostals ...

In this study, we evaluated the presence of anti-RuvBL1/2 autoantibodies in patients with SSc or idiopathic inflammatory myopathy (IIM) with a nuclear speckled pattern on HEp-2 IIF without other known ...

Current treatments for dermatomyositis include various immunosuppressants and immunosuppressive agents, including ...

Muscle is a soft tissue composed of elongated cells (muscle fibres) that produce force and motion through contraction. Involuntary cardiac and smooth muscles are responsible for contraction of the ...

The research work focuses mainly on the development of cell therapy strategies in the treatment of skeletal muscle disorders, including myopathies. We demonstrated that human muscle reserve cells ...