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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Dec 27.
Published in final edited form as: Nat Rev Rheumatol. 2013 Nov 5;9(12):731–740. doi: 10.1038/nrrheum.2013.161

Table 2.

Pathogenesis-based therapeutic interventions in GCA

Currently used Unexplored
Suppression of the IL-6-IL 17 cytokine
cluster (corticosteroids)
Suppression of the IL-12-IFN-γ
cytokine cluster
Untargeted T cell suppression Inhibition of immuno-stromal
interactions
Suppression of dendritic cell
stimulation/function
Suppression of endothelial function
Suppression of VSMC function