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A Case Report of Systemic Sclerosis Complicated by Biventricular Heart Failure, Pulmonary Hypertension and Review of Literature [PDF]

, 2017
Background: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune connective tissue disorder whose aetiology is not fully understood. Skin fibrosis and visceral organs involvement are the hallmarks, and the heart could be disproportionately or subtly involved ...
Akinboro AO, Akinlade M, Akintunde AA, Audu MB   +3 more
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PPAR? Downregulation by TGF in Fibroblast and Impaired Expression and Function in Systemic Sclerosis: A Novel Mechanism for Progressive Fibrogenesis [PDF]

, 2010
The nuclear orphan receptor peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma (PPAR-γ) is expressed in multiple cell types in addition to adipocytes. Upon its activation by natural ligands such as fatty acids and eicosanoids, or by synthetic agonists such
A Galli, A Kis, A Milano, AK Ghosh, AK Ghosh, AK Ghosh, AK Ghosh, Asish K. Ghosh, BC Willis, BM Psaty, C Beyer, C Dong, Carol Feghali-Bostwick, DA Culver, ED Rosen, ED Rosen, F Verrecchia, F Zheng, G Lakos, H Ha, HA Burgess, J Berger, J Varga, J Varga, JE Milam, Jennifer L. Sargent, JL Sargent, John Varga, Joy Sturtevant, JT Tan, Jun Wei, KA Longo, Kazuhiro Komura, KM Hong, L Fajas, L Yang, LS Higgins, M Dudas, M Kapoor, M Kapoor, M Lehrke, M Trojanowska, M Wu, Manu Jain, MF Simon, Michael L. Whitfield, Minghua Wu, OA Gressner, P Karnik, P Tontonoz, Qi-Quan Huang, R Fleischmajer, S Dennler, S Kim, S Sonnylal, S Zheng, SE Ross, SH Liu, SJ Chen, SZ Duan, T Kawai, T Miyahara, T Shiomi, TM McIntyre, V Zoete, W Yuan, X Li, X Liu, X Shi-wen, X Tan, Y Mori, Y Mori, Y Park, Y Shi, Y Wang, Z Yun   +75 more
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Elevated expression of type VII collagen in the skin of patients with systemic sclerosis. Regulation by transforming growth factor-beta. [PDF]

, 1994
A hallmark of systemic sclerosis (SSc) is the development of tissue fibrosis. Excessive production of several connective tissue components normally present in the dermis, including type I, III, V, and VI collagens as well as fibronectin and proteoglycans,
Christiano, Angela M., Iozzo, Renato V., Jimenez, Sergio A., Rudnicka, Lidia, Uitto, Jouni, Varga, John   +5 more
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Prognostic Factors of Renal Involvement in Systemic Sclerosis [PDF]

, 2018
Background/Aims: Renal involvement is common in systemic sclerosis (SSc), including asymptomatic reduction of glomerular filtration rate (GFR), increased renal resistance indices, scleroderma renal crisis (SRC) and ANCA-associated vasculitis. The aim was
Barbano, Biagio, Cianci, Rosario, Gasperini, Maria Ludovica, Gigante, Antonietta, Muscaritoli, Maurizio, Rosato, Edoardo   +5 more
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Review article: pathogenesis and clinical manifestations of gastrointestinal involvement in systemic sclerosis. [PDF]

, 2017
BACKGROUND: Gastrointestinal tract (GIT) involvement is a common cause of debilitating symptoms in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc). There are no disease modifying therapies for this condition and the treatment remains symptomatic, largely owing to
Abraham, Assandri, Assassi, Auluck, Bacher, Baron, Baron, Bodukam, Cavazzana, Chizzolini, Chizzolini, Ciechomska, Clark, Cohen, Colina, Crowell, Denton, Denton, Derk, Derynck, Emmanuel, Frech, Fynne, Gabrielli, Goldblatt, Gregersen, Gu, Hartleb, Heyt, Hinz, Hu, Hudson, Hung, Ingraham, Jimenez, Johnson, Jung, Kaburaki, Kaneko, Khanna, Khanna, Koh, Krause, Kumar, Luciano, Malandrini, Manetti, Manetti, Manetti, Marie, Marie, Marie, Marie, Marie, Matucci-Cerinic, Maurer, Miao, Milette, Murray-Lyon, Nagaraja, O'Reilly, O'Reilly, Omair, Parker, Parodi, Pattanaik, Peng, Piasecki, Poelman, Radic, Raja, Raja, Raja, Rajapakse, Reynolds, Richard, Richardson, Rigamonti, Riviere, Roulis, Russell, Sakkas, Savarino, Savarino, Shawis, Singh, Singh, Sjogren, Skare, Solis-Herruzo, Spiegel, Steen, Stern, Stumpf, Thonhofer, Thoua, Trezza, Trojanowska, Valenzuela, Varga, Veale, Vischio, Watson, Wipff, Wynn, Zheng   +105 more
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RADIOLOGICAL FINDINGS IN PROGRESSIVE SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS (P.S.S.) [PDF]

Acta Medica Iranica, 1980
Radiological findings of 20 patients with scleroderma have been described. We had cornmon and uncommon roentgen signs of scleroderma similar to other series and one case with mid esophagus narrowing which we think have not been reported previously.
M. Eghrari, D. Gol-golab
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A comparative study of human endogenous retrovirus HERV-E λ 4-1 activation in autoimmune pathology

Медицинская иммунология, 2023
Considering the presence of immunomodulatory properties of human endogenous retroviruses, namely (i) the ability to activate the innate immune response by HERVs nucleic acids; (ii) the antigenicity of transcriptionally competent endogenous retroviruses ...
I. A. Goldina, E. V. Markova
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Role of cellular senescence and NOX4-mediated oxidative stress in systemic sclerosis pathogenesis. [PDF]

, 2015
Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a systemic autoimmune disease characterized by progressive fibrosis of skin and numerous internal organs and a severe fibroproliferative vasculopathy resulting frequently in severe disability and high mortality.
A Diazdeleon, A Dooley, A Erol, A Freund, A Gabrielli, A Gabrielli, A Gabrielli, A MacIntyre, A Salminen, A Servettaz, A Siani, A Sturrock, A Volpe, A Volpe, A Yoshizaki, AN Lyle, AZ Debbi, B Eckes, B Laleu, CB Harley, CD Bondi, CM Arlett, CM Stein, D Gvaramia, D Muñoz-Espin, D Muñoz-Espin, D Volonte, DE Furst, DF Murrell, E Rosato, E Savas, E Sikora, E Tourkina, E Tufvesson, ER Jarman, F Boin, F Gaggini, F Galdo Del, F Galdo Del, F Jiang, F Ogawa, F Ogawa, F Ogawa, F Tarhan, G Bai, G Simonini, GL Erre, GL Erre, H Sumimoto, H Xia, I Ben-Porath, I Cucoranu, I Montorfano, J Avouac, J Campisi, J El-Benna, J Goronzy, J Varga, JA Kim, JD Lambeth, JD Morrow, JF Passos, JF Passos, JH Chen, JL Barnes, JL Cracowski, JL Cracowski, JM Deursen van, JP Coppe, K Bedard, K Shimizu, KM Holmström, L Hayflick, L Hayflick, L Hecker, L Hecker, L Serrander, LL Song, M Böhm, M Chilosi, M Collado, M Elhai, M Geiszt, M Matucci-Cerinic, M Muller, M Schieber, M Storer, MD Mayes, MP Steele, MY Armanios, N Amara, N Duerrschmidt, N Manickam, N Sampson, O Babalola, P Cipriani, P Sambo, P Sambo, P Sambo, P Shivshankar, PS Tsou, Q Chen, QM Chen, R Salama, S Altenhöfer, S Bhattacharyya, S Parrinello, S Svegliati, Sergio A. Jimenez, SJ An, SK Parapuram, Sonsoles Piera-Velazquez, SR Datla, T Aoyama, T Finkel, T Kawahara, T Kuilman, T Ohtsuka, T Tchkonia, TK Kim, TR Katsumoto, VG Gorgoulis, VI Dumit, VJ Thannickal, WK Marut, WL Shen, X Duan, XM Wang, Y Allanore, Y Allanore, YH Paik   +130 more
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Role of growth factors in the pathogenesis of tissue fibrosis in systemic sclerosis. [PDF]

, 2010
The most severe clinical and pathologic manifestations of systemic sclerosis (SSc) are the result of a fibrotic process characterized by the excessive and often progressive deposition of collagen and other connective tissue macromolecules in skin and ...
Castro, Susan V., Jimenez, Sergio A., Piera-Velazquez, Sonsoles   +2 more
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Influence of FK 506 (tacrolimus) on circulating CD4 ⁺ t cells expressing cd25 and cd45ra antigens in 19 patients with chronic progressive multiple sclerosis participating in an open label drug safety trial [PDF]

, 1994
We have taken the opportunity of a clinical trial of the potential efficacy and safety of FK 506 (tacrolimus) in chronic progressive multiple sclerosis (MS) to examine the influence of this potent new immunosuppressant on circulating T-lymphocytes in an ...
A. W. Thomson, Abu-Elmagd K., B. Eidelman, B. Lemster, Collett D, Eidelman B H., Ellison G W., Emry P., Fung J J., H. R. Rilo, Hafler D A., Hafler D A., Hauser S L., Hintzen R Q., Hofman F M., J. J. Fung, J. Woo, Japanese FK, K. Abu-Elmagd, Kino T., Kurtzke J F, L. L. Huang, Lebranchu Y., Lemster B., Lemster B., McCauley J., McMichael J., Mochizuki M., Mortimoto C, N. Johnson, P. B. Carroll, R. Russell-Hall, Rose L M., Starzl T E., T. E. Starzl, Tamura K., The Multiple Sclerosis Study Group, Thomson A V., Thomson A W, Thomson A W., Thomson A W., Thomson A W., Tocci M J., W. Irish, Woo J., Woo J., Zeevi A.   +46 more
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