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Serum uric acid as a marker of microvascular damage in systemic sclerosis patients [PDF]

open access: yes, 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   +9 more
core   +1 more source

Clinical periodontal diagnosis

open access: yesPeriodontology 2000, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract Periodontal diseases include pathological conditions elicited by the presence of bacterial biofilms leading to a host response. In the diagnostic process, clinical signs such as bleeding on probing, development of periodontal pockets and gingival recessions, furcation involvement and presence of radiographic bone loss should be assessed prior ...
Giovanni E. Salvi   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Definition of Naturally Processed Peptides Reveals Convergent Presentation of Autoantigenic Topoisomerase I Epitopes in Scleroderma. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
ObjectiveAutoimmune responses to DNA topoisomerase I (topo I) are found in a subset of scleroderma patients who are at high risk for interstitial lung disease (ILD) and mortality.
Boin, Francesco   +9 more
core   +1 more source

Review article: pathogenesis and clinical manifestations of gastrointestinal involvement in systemic sclerosis. [PDF]

open access: yes, 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   +105 more
core   +2 more sources

Immunoregulatory Role of HLA-G in Allergic Diseases

open access: yesJournal of Immunology Research, 2016
Allergic diseases are sustained by a T-helper 2 polarization leading to interleukin-4 secretion, IgE-dependent inflammation, and mast cell and eosinophil activation.
Giuseppe Murdaca   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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
core   +2 more sources

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

Scleroderma

open access: yesDermatology Online Journal, 2003
A 72-year-old man with diabetes-associated scleredema is presented. The patient had a long history of diabetes mellitus that had been difficult to control with complications of retinopathy, nephropathy, and arteriosclerosis leading to myocardial infarcts and stroke.
openaire   +4 more sources

Angiogenic and angiostatic factors in renal scleroderma-associated vasculopathy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
BACKGROUND: The angiogenesis in systemic sclerosis (SSc) is impaired. An imbalance of pro-angiogenic factors and angiogenesis inhibitors has been implicated in the progression of peripheral microvascular damage, defective vascular repair and fibrosis ...
Afeltra, Antonella M. Vittoria   +7 more
core   +1 more source

Juvenile Localized Scleroderma from the Perspective of Pediatric Rheumatologist. Aspects of Diagnostics

open access: yesВопросы современной педиатрии, 2020
The localized scleroderma (morphea) is the clinical option of the juvenile scleroderma, the third in prevalence rheumatic condition in pediatrics. The article summarizes all the data on the classification, diagnostics, and differential diagnosis of ...
Rinat K. Raupov   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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