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Adeno-associated virus type 5 infection via PDGFRα is associated with Interstitial lung disease in systemic sclerosis and generates composite peptides and epitopes recognized by the agonistic immunoglobulins present in patients with systemic sclerosis [PDF]

open access: yesArthritis &Rheumatology, Volume 76, Issue 4, Page 620-630, April 2024., 2023
Objectives: The etiopathogenesis of systemic sclerosis (SSc) is unknown. Platelet-derived growth factor receptors (PDGFRs) are overexpressed in SSc patients.
Agarbati, Silvia   +33 more
core   +3 more sources

Blockade of TGF-β 1 Signalling Inhibits Cardiac NADPH Oxidase Overactivity in Hypertensive Rats [PDF]

open access: yesOxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity, Volume 2012, Issue 1, 2012., 2012
NADPH oxidases constitute a major source of superoxide anion (·O2 −) in hypertension. Several studies suggest an important role of NADPH oxidases in different effects mediated by TGF-β 1.
Baltanás, Ana   +11 more
core   +4 more sources

First-line diagnostic tests to intercept primary heart involvement in systemic sclerosis: Clinical associations from the SPRING-SIR registry. [PDF]

open access: yesEur J Clin Invest
Primary heart involvement (pHI) is a severe but often overlooked complication of systemic sclerosis (SSc), linked to heart failure, arrhythmias and mortality. In a study of 600 patients from the Italian SPRING‐SIR registry, 25% had ECG or echocardiographic signs of pHI at baseline, associated with older age, diffuse skin disease and intestinal symptoms.
Tonutti A   +73 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Relapsing polychondritis [PDF]

open access: yes, 1998
PURPOSE: This article describes a clinically-diagnosed case of relapsing polychondritis (RP), attended at the Hospital São Paulo, and presents a literature review of the subject.
Andrade Junior, Ary de   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Nintedanib for systemic sclerosis–associated interstitial lung disease [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
BackgroundInterstitial lung disease (ILD) is a common manifestation of systemic sclerosis and a leading cause of systemic sclerosis-related death. Nintedanib, a tyrosine kinase inhibitor, has been shown to have antifibrotic and antiinflammatory effects ...
Alves, Margarida   +16 more
core   +3 more sources

Gallbladder adenocarcinoma: evaluation of the prognostic factors in 100 resectable cases in Brazil [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
BACKGROUND: In spite its relative rarity, gallbladder adenocarcinoma is a neoplasm who presents an aggressive biologic behavior. The single curative treatment has been radical surgical resection with free margin.
Artigiani Neto, Ricardo   +5 more
core   +3 more sources

Atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) is defined by the triad of mechanical hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia and renal impairment. Atypical HUS (aHUS) defines non Shiga-toxin-HUS and even if some authors include secondary aHUS due to Streptococcus pneumoniae
Chantal Loirat   +1 more
core   +2 more sources

The multifaceted roles of perlecan in fibrosis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Perlecan, or heparan sulfate proteoglycan 2 (HSPG2), is a ubiquitous heparan sulfate proteoglycan that has major roles in tissue and organ development and wound healing by orchestrating the binding and signaling of mitogens and morphogens to cells in a ...
Al-Ahmad   +217 more
core   +1 more source

General antioxidant activity of blood of patients with limited sclerodermia and its correction [PDF]

open access: yesСаратовский научно-медицинский журнал, 2017
Objective: to increase efficiency and to reduce the time of treatment of patients with circumscribed sclerodermia. Material and Methods. 60 patients with circumscribed sclerodermia were under supervision.
Tlish M.M., Sorokina N.V.
doaj  

Bilayered, non‐cross‐linked collagen matrix for regeneration of facial defects after skin cancer removal: a new perspective for biomaterial‐based tissue reconstruction

open access: yesJournal of Cell Communication and Signaling, Volume 10, Issue 1, Page 3-15, March 2016., 2016
Abstract Classically skin defects are covered by split thickness skin grafts or by means of local or regional skin flaps. In the presented case series for the first time a bilayered, non‐crossed‐linked collagen matrix has been used in an off‐label fashion in order to reconstruct facial skin defects following different types of skin cancer resection ...
Shahram Ghanaati   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

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