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A Role of Myocardin Related Transcription Factor-A (MRTF-A) in Scleroderma Related Fibrosis. [PDF]

, 2015
In scleroderma (systemic sclerosis, SSc), persistent activation of myofibroblast leads to severe skin and organ fibrosis resistant to therapy. Increased mechanical stiffness in the involved fibrotic tissues is a hallmark clinical feature and a cause of ...
Abraham, D, Ahmed-Abdi, B, Denton, C, Lafyatis, R, Layne, MD, Nikitorowicz-Buniak, J, Ponticos, M, Shiwen, X, Smith, BD, Stratton, R, Suki, B, Takahashi, A   +11 more
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Systemic Sclerosis Manifesting Post-Radiotherapy: A Case Report

European 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, Hita H. Mehta, Manal D. Dave   +2 more
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Immunochip analysis identifies multiple susceptibility loci for systemic sclerosis [PDF]

, 2014
In this study, 1,833 systemic sclerosis (SSc) cases and 3,466 controls were genotyped with the Immunochip array. Classical alleles, amino acid residues, and SNPs across the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) region were imputed and tested.
, Airó, Paolo, Alarcón-Riquelme, Marta, AlKassab, Firas, Arnett, Frank C., Assassi, Shervin, Baron, Murray, Beretta, Lorenzo, Bossini-Castillo, Lara, Broen, Jasper, Brown, Matthew, Carmona, Francisco David, Carreira, Patricia, Castellví, Iván, Chen, Wei V., Denton, Christopher, Distler, Jörg H.W., Docherty, Peter, Fessler, Barri J., Fonseca, Carmen, Frech, Tracy M., Furst, Daniel E., González-Gay, Miguel Ángel, Gorlova, Olga, Gregersen, Peter K., Guerra, Sandra, Herrick, Ariane, Hesselstrand, Roger, Hinchcliff, Monique E., Hudson, Marie, Hummers, Laura K., Hunzelmann, Nicolas, Jones, Henry Niall, Kaminska, Elzbieta, Khalidi, Nader, Khanna, Dinesh, Koeleman, Bobby P., Kreuter, Alexander, Lafyatis, Robert A., Lee, Annette T., Lunardi, Claudio, López-Isac, Elena, Markland, Janet, Martin, Javier, Martin, José Ezequiel, Mayes, Maureen D., Molitor, Jerry A., Nordin, Annika, Ochoa, Eguzkine, Padyukov, Leonid, Phillips, Kristin, Pope, Janet E., Radstake, Timothy R.D.J., Reveille, John D., Riemekasten, Gabriela, Robinson, David, Schiopu, Elena, Schuerwegh, Annemie J., Segal, Barbara M., Shiels, Paul, Silver, Richard M., Simeón, Carmen Pilar, Simms, Robert W., Steen, Virginia D., Tan, Filemon K., Teruel, María, van Laar, Jacob M., Varga, John, Voskuyl, Alexandre E., Wigley, Fredrick M., Wijmenga, Cisca, Witte, Torsten, Worthington, Jane, Ying, Jun, Zhernakova, Alexandra, Zhou, Xiaodong   +75 more
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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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Atypical rapid onset Scleroderma Renal Crisis (SRC) complicated with diffuse alveolar hemorrhage and pleuro-pericardial effusions in a patient with recently diagnosed breast cancer and a positive anti-RNA polymerase III Ab.: A case report

Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2018
Scleroderma associated Pulmonary–Renal Syndrome is a rare but severe complication with a poor prognosis and high mortality. A high index of suspicion is needed for early recognition of this potential complication in patients with systemic sclerosis and ...
Hazim Bukamur, Obadah Aqtash, Ibrahim Shahoub, Emhemmid Karem, Iheanyichukwu Ogu, Fuad Zeid   +5 more
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Serum uric acid as a marker of microvascular damage in systemic sclerosis patients [PDF]

, 2016
Background: Microvascular damage of skin and internal organs is a hallmark of systemic sclerosis (SSc). Serum uric acid (UA) represents a marker of inflammation and endothelial dysfunction.
Amoroso, Antonio, Barbano, Biagio, Barilaro, Giuseppe, Cianci, Rosario, Di Mario, Francesca, Gasperini, Maria Ludovica, Gigante, Antonietta, Quarta, Silvia, Romaniello, Antonella, Rosato, Edoardo   +9 more
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Decreased expression of caveolin 1 in patients with systemic sclerosis: crucial role in the pathogenesis of tissue fibrosis. [PDF]

, 2008
OBJECTIVE: Recent studies have implicated caveolin 1 in the regulation of transforming growth factor beta (TGFbeta) downstream signaling. Given the crucial role of TGFbeta in the pathogenesis of systemic sclerosis (SSc), we sought to determine whether ...
de Almeida, Cecilia J., Del Galdo, Francesco, Jasmin, Jean-Francois, Jimenez, Sergio A., Lisanti, Michael P., Musick, Megan, Sotgia, Federica   +6 more
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Systemic Sclerosis — Scleroderma

Dermatology Online Journal, 2000
Systemic sclerosis is a clinically heterogeneous, systemic disorder which affects the connective tissue of the skin, internal organs and the walls of blood vessels. It is characterized by alterations of the microvasculature, disturbances of the immune system and by massive deposition of collagen and other matrix substances in the connective tissue ...
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Scleroderma and scleroderma-like syndromes

Frontiers in Immunology
Systemic sclerosis is a systemic connective tissue disease whose main pathophysiological mechanism is a progressive fibrosis of internal organs and skin leading to thickening and induration. Blood vessels may also be involved.
Katarzyna Romanowska-Próchnicka, Martyna Dziewit, Aleksandra Lesiak, Adam Reich, Marzena Olesińska   +4 more
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Scleroderma renal crisis with coexisting segmental arterial mediolysis presenting as intraperitoneal bleeding: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2019
Background Segmental arterial mediolysis is a rare nonarteriosclerotic and noninflammatory vascular disease that may cause intraperitoneal bleeding. Scleroderma renal crisis is a rare complication of systemic sclerosis, leading to severe hypertension and
Shohei Kaneko, Eri Watanabe, Mai Abe, Shinji Watanabe, Hiroki Yabe, Shigehiro Kojima, Kenji Takagi, Keiji Hirai, Yoshiyuki Morishita, Chihiro Terai   +9 more
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