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A prospective observational study of mycophenolate mofetil treatment in progressive diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis of recent onset. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
OBJECTIVE: A prospective observational study of mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) treatment in patients with diffuse progressive cutaneous systemic sclerosis (SSc) of recent onset.
Jimenez, Sergio A.   +3 more
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MRI of the lung (3/3)-current applications and future perspectives [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
BACKGROUND: MRI of the lung is recommended in a number of clinical indications. Having a non-radiation alternative is particularly attractive in children and young subjects, or pregnant women.
A Hebestreit   +96 more
core   +1 more source

Increased expression of 5-hydroxytryptamine(2A/B) receptors in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a rationale for therapeutic intervention [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Background Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) has a poor prognosis and limited responsiveness to available treatments. It is characterised by epithelial cell injury, fibroblast activation and proliferation and extracellular matrix deposition ...
Amarie, Oana Veronica   +8 more
core   +1 more source

Endothelial to mesenchymal transition (EndoMT) in the pathogenesis of Systemic Sclerosis-associated pulmonary fibrosis and pulmonary arterial hypertension. Myth or reality? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) is a systemic autoimmune disease characterized by progressive fibrosis of skin and multiple internal organs and severe functional and structural microvascular alterations.
Jimenez, Sergio A.   +1 more
core   +2 more sources

ROCKing pulmonary fibrosis [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Clinical Investigation, 2013
Clinical vignette: A 76-year-old man consults you for increasing shortness of breath over the past two years and an increasing requirement for home oxygen. A video-assisted thoracoscopic lung biopsy shows findings of usual interstitial pneumonitis, and he has no identifiable cause for pulmonary fibrosis, so he is considered to have idiopathic pulmonary
openaire   +5 more sources

Role of growth factors in the pathogenesis of tissue fibrosis in systemic sclerosis. [PDF]

open access: yes, 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.   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

Use of ivacaftor in late diagnosed cystic fibrosis monozygotic twins heterozygous for F508del and R117H-7T – a case report

open access: yesBMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2019
Background CFTR modulator therapy with ivacaftor is a treatment option for Cystic Fibrosis (CF) patients with at least one copy of a R117H-7T mutation in the CFTR gene.
Matthias Welsner   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cough suppression and HRQoL in adult people with cystic fibrosis: an unexplored correlation

open access: yesHealth and Quality of Life Outcomes, 2022
Background Cough suppression assessed by embarrassment about coughing has been shown in adolescents with cystic fibrosis (CF) and negatively affects health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and clinical indicators of disease severity in adolescent females.
Ute Niehammer   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Validation of gene editing efficiency with CRISPR-Cas9 system directly in rat zygotes using electroporation mediated delivery and embryo culture

open access: yesMethodsX, 2021
Successful use of the CRISPR-Cas9 system for gene manipulation relies on identifying effective and efficient guide RNA sequences (gRNAs). When the goal is to create transgenic animal/rodent models by knocking-in desired sequences using homology-directed ...
Anil K. Challa   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Integrated analysis of single-cell RNA-seq and bulk RNA-seq reveals RNA N6-methyladenosine modification associated with prognosis and drug resistance in acute myeloid leukemia

open access: yesFrontiers in Immunology, 2023
IntroductionAcute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a type of blood cancer that is identified by the unrestricted growth of immature myeloid cells within the bone marrow. Despite therapeutic advances, AML prognosis remains highly variable, and there is a lack of
Zhongzheng Li   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

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