Animal models of vasculitides.
The vasculitides are a group of diseases in which the common denominator is the immune attack to components of the vascular wall. Vasculitides may attack large vessels like the aorta, medium-sized vessels like the coronary arteries or small vessels like the glomeruli. We review in this paper the animal models that have been developed to study these diseases.
Katz
Uriel
U
Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Gilburd
Boris
B
Shoenfeld
Yehuda
Y
D000818:Animals; D019268:Antibodies, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic / Q000032:analysis / Q000276:immunology; D003450:Cryoglobulins / Q000276:immunology; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D006801:Humans; D053146:Myeloblastin / Q000276:immunology; D009195:Peroxidase / Q000276:immunology; D012217:Rheumatoid Factor / Q000276:immunology; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000209:etiology*
D019268:Antibodies, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic; D003450:Cryoglobulins; D012217:Rheumatoid Factor; D009195:Peroxidase; D053146:Myeloblastin