Vascular Inflammation in Systemic Autoimmunity

• Main Author: Cornelia Weyand (auth)
• Other Authors: Augusto Vaglio (auth), Angelo A. Manfredi (auth), Giuseppe A. Ramirez (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2017
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Medicine; Autoimmunity; remodeling; Vasculitis; T-Lymphocytes; Pathogenesis; Neutrophils; vascular inflammation; Genetics; platelets; Endothelium
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Plasticity and dynamism characterize the immune system as a tissue-integrating network with defensive functions. Blood and lymphatic vessel trees constitute the most evident and intuitive physical platform for the development of the net of interactions between immune cells, body tissues and foreign...