title: In vitro lymphocyte cytotoxicity to cultured human arterial smooth muscle cells in patients with giant cell arteritis and polymyalgia rheumatica.
abstract: Lymphocytes from polymyalgia rheumatica patients and controls were cultured with allogenic human arterial smooth muscle cells in order to demonstrate any difference in cytotoxic response. Thirty to 40% of the muscle cell cultures were killed at 24 h by lymphocytes from both the patients and controls.
mesh_terms: D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003602:Cytotoxicity, Immunologic; D013700:Giant Cell Arteritis / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007694:Killer Cells, Natural / Q000276:immunology; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D008297:Male; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000276:immunology*; D011111:Polymyalgia Rheumatica / Q000276:immunology*