... polymyositis or dermatomyositis,which makes IFN-α a potential specific target for therapy in these patients.Cytokines, chemokines, and prostaglandinsProinflammatory cytokines, chemokines, and ... cells in myositis are insufficient and this needsfurther investigations.Dendritic cell expression and the type Iinterferon systemRecently, DCs were reported in muscle tissue of polymyositis and ... idiopathic inflammatory myopathies, collectively calledmyositis, constitute a heterogeneous group of chronic dis-orders sharing the predominating clinical symptom of muscleweakness and, in classical...