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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
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Cerebral Sinus Thrombosis in Scleroderma: A Case Report [PDF]

open access: yesActa Medica Iranica, 2012
Scleroderma or systemic sclerosis is a multisystem disease due to excessive collagen deposition in different organs and autoimmunity by production of autoantibodies.According to previous reports, brain is rarely affected in scleroderma, howeverrecent ...
Maryam Poursadegh Fard   +1 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Left ventricular mass and intrarenal arterial stiffness as early diagnostic markers in cardiorenal syndrome type 5 due to systemic sclerosis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Background: Cardiorenal syndrome type 5 (CRS-5) includes a group of conditions characterized by a simultaneous involvement of the heart and kidney in the course of a systemic disease.
AMOROSO, Antonio   +11 more
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Role of cellular senescence and NOX4-mediated oxidative stress in systemic sclerosis pathogenesis. [PDF]

open access: yes, 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   +130 more
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Patterns of patient-reported symptoms and association with sociodemographic and systemic sclerosis disease characteristics: a scleroderma Patient-centered Intervention Network (SPIN) Cohort cross-sectional studyResearch in context

open access: yesEClinicalMedicine, 2023
Summary: Background: Systemic sclerosis is a heterogenous disease in which little is known about patterns of patient-reported symptom clusters. We aimed to identify classes of individuals with similar anxiety, depression, fatigue, sleep disturbance, and
Robyn K. Wojeck   +108 more
doaj   +1 more source

Elevated expression of type VII collagen in the skin of patients with systemic sclerosis. Regulation by transforming growth factor-beta. [PDF]

open access: yes, 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.   +5 more
core   +3 more sources

Systemic Sclerosis Manifesting Post-Radiotherapy: A Case Report

open access: yesEuropean Medical Journal Dermatology, 2023
Morphoea is a chronic inflammatory disease of the skin and underlying tissues, characterised by fibrosis of the skin and subcutaneous tissue without systemic involvement.
Devanshi Nimbark   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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
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Clinical and serological features of systemic sclerosis in a multicenter African American cohort: Analysis of the genome research in African American scleroderma patients clinical database. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Racial differences exist in the severity of systemic sclerosis (SSc). To enhance our knowledge about SSc in African Americans, we established a comprehensive clinical database from the largest multicenter cohort of African American SSc patients assembled
Boin, Francesco   +28 more
core   +1 more source

Fresh Insights into Disease Etiology and the Role of Microbial Pathogens. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Pathogens have been implicated in the initiation and/or promotion of systemic sclerosis (scleroderma, SSc); however, no evidence was found to substantiate the direct contribution to this disease in past years.
FARINA, Antonella, Farina, G.a.2.
core   +1 more source

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