title: Immunopathology of ANCA-associated vasculitis.
abstract: During the past few years remarkable progress has been achieved in the understanding of the pathogenic mechanisms leading to vascular inflammation and injury in ANCA-associated vasulitides (AAV): Wegener's granulomatosis (WG), microscopic polyangiitis (MPA) and Churg Strauss syndrome (CSS). In this paper we review the immunopathology of these diseases by describing the role of autoantibodies (ANCA), dysregulation and abnormalities at the cellular level, genetic background and environmental factors that predispose to autoimmune response.
authors.affiliation: Rheumaklinik Bad Bramstedt.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Csernok
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Müller
authors.forename: W L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Gross
mesh_terms: D019268:Antibodies, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic / Q000276:immunology*; D015267:Churg-Strauss Syndrome / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000276:immunology; D014890:Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D012307:Risk Factors; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D019268:Antibodies, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic