Artery tertiary lymphoid organs in giant cell arteritis are not exclusively located in the media of temporal arteries

Ann Rheum Dis. 2018 Mar;77(3):e16. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2017-211860. Epub 2017 Jun 24.

Authors

Jacoba Carolien Graver¹, Maria Sandovici¹, Arjan Diepstra², Annemieke M H Boots¹, Elisabeth Brouwer¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands.
² Department of Pathology and Medical Biology, University of Groningen, Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands.

PMID: 28647683
DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2017-211860

No abstract available

Keywords: B cells; giant cell arteritis; inflammation.

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Chemokine CXCL13
Ectopic Gene Expression
Giant Cell Arteritis*
Humans
Temporal Arteries*
Tumor Necrosis Factor Ligand Superfamily Member 13

Substances

CXCL13 protein, human
Chemokine CXCL13
Tumor Necrosis Factor Ligand Superfamily Member 13