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Inclusion body myositis (IBM) is an inflammatory myopathy causing proximal and distal muscle weakness. IBM’s cause remains ...

Abdelghani M, et al . Experimental myositis: an optimised version of C-protein-induced myositis. RMD Open 2025;11:e004558. doi: 10.1136/rmdopen-2024–0 04 558 In this article, the abstract has been ...

be a candidate for future studies of myositis therapy. Therapeutic options for patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathies are limited, partly owing to a lack of suitable animal models in ...

A study has shed new light on the mechanisms behind idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (myositis), a group of systemic ...

Myopathic (myo = muscle, pathy = disease) conditions can include polymyositis, dermatomyositis, inclusion body myositis, and various myopathies due to metabolic, congenital, and endocrine causes.

Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs) are associated with autoantibodies against nuclear and cytoplasmic antigens. Myositis-specific autoantibodies (MSAs) are specific to patients with IIMs.