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Use of Patterned Collagen Coated Slides to Study Normal and Scleroderma Lung Fibroblast Migration

Scientific Reports, 2017
Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a spreading fibrotic disease affecting the skin and internal organs. We aimed to model pathogenic fibroblast migration in SSc in order to identify enhancing factors, measure the effect of migrating cells on underlying ...
Bahja Ahmed Abdi, Henry Lopez, Sarah Karrar, Elisabetta Renzoni, Athol Wells, Angela Tam, Oseme Etomi, J. Justin Hsuan, George R. Martin, Xu Shiwen, Christopher P. Denton, David Abraham, Richard Stratton   +12 more
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Malignancy in ankylosing spondylitis: a cross-sectional analysis of a large population database

BMC Rheumatology, 2022
Background Increased cancer-risk has been reported with rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus, but the risk is poorly studied in ankylosing spondylitis (AS).
Mohamad Bittar, Sali Merjanah, Reem Alkilany, Marina Magrey   +3 more
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Mixed connective tissue disease, undifferentiated connective tissue disease and overlap syndromes

Alʹmanah Kliničeskoj Mediciny, 2019
Systemic lupus erythematosus, systemic sclerosis, inflammatory myopathy and rheumatoid arthritis are systemic connective tissue disorders which are characterized by heterogeneous clinical symptoms and variable course. To date, updated diagnostic criteria
R. T. Alekperov
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Mixed connective tissue disease

Современная ревматология, 2019
Mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD), also known as Sharp's syndrome, is a rare systemic connective tissue disorder that characterized by a combination of some features of systemic lupus erythematosus, systemic sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis ...
R. U. Shayakhmetova, L. P. Ananyeva
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Modulation of Fibrosis in Systemic Sclerosis by Nitric Oxide and Antioxidants

Cardiology Research and Practice, 2012
Systemic sclerosis (scleroderma: SSc) is a multisystem, connective tissue disease of unknown aetiology characterized by vascular dysfunction, autoimmunity, and enhanced fibroblast activity resulting in fibrosis of the skin, heart, and lungs, and ...
Audrey Dooley, K. Richard Bruckdorfer, David J. Abraham   +2 more
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Systemic anaplastic large cell lymphoma presenting as a huge mediastinal mass in a case of hyper IgE syndrome: a case report

The Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, 2019
Background Hyper IgE syndrome is a rare heterogeneous immunodeficiency syndrome which is characterized by recurrent episodes of cutaneous and respiratory tract infections and development of cold abscesses.
Atefeh Kheyrollahiyan, Akbar Sharifi, Mohammad Mirza-Aghazadeh-Attari   +2 more
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Mixed connective tissue disease and severe renal disease – an apparent misconception?

Rheumatology, 2022
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Filipe Oliveira Pinheiro, Pedro Madureira, Maria Seabra Rato, Lúcia Costa   +3 more
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Determining the Frequency of Macroamylasemia in Patients with Hyperamylasemia using PEG Precipitation Method [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2018
Introduction: The term acute abdomen refers to severe and sudden abdominal pain requiring urgent reorganisation. One of the factors causing acute abdomen is acute pancreatitis, which needs immediate measurements.
Amir Vahedi, Bahareh Mehramouz, Parham Maroufi, Tannaz Pourlak, Razak Rezvanpour, Behrooz Shokouhi, Tala Pourlak   +6 more
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Nitric Oxide Manipulation: A Therapeutic Target for Peripheral Arterial Disease?

Cardiology Research and Practice, 2012
Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) is a cause of significant morbidity and mortality in the Western world. Risk factor modification and endovascular and surgical revascularisation are the main treatment options at present. However, a significant number of
Gareth Williams, Xu Shi-Wen, David Abraham, Sadasivam Selvakumar, Daryll M. Baker, Janice C. S. Tsui   +5 more
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Toll-Like Receptors in Ischaemia and Its Potential Role in the Pathophysiology of Muscle Damage in Critical Limb Ischaemia

Cardiology Research and Practice, 2012
Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are key receptors of the innate immune system which are expressed on immune and nonimmune cells. They are activated by both pathogen-associated molecular patterns and endogenous ligands.
Hemanshu Patel, Sidney G. Shaw, Xu Shi-Wen, David Abraham, Daryll M. Baker, Janice C. S. Tsui   +5 more
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