Stiff skin syndrome: Evidence for an inflammation-independent fibrosis?

Rheumatology

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 849-852

  Guiducci, Serena ^a   Distler, Joerg H W ^b   Milia, Anna Franca ^a   Miniati, Irene ^a   Rogai, Veronica ^a   Manetti, Mirko ^a   Falcini, Fernanda ^a   Ibba Manneschi, Lidia ^a   Gay, Steffen ^b   Distler, Oliver ^b   Matucci Cerinic, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Extracellular matrix; Fibrosis; Inflammation; Stiff skin syndrome

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 1 ALPHA 2; CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; ENDOTHELIN 1; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 3; FIBRONECTIN; FIBRONECTIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; SCLEROPROTEIN; THROMBOSPONDIN 1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DERMIS; EPIDERMIS; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCLERODERMA; SKIN FIBROSIS; SKIN INFLAMMATION; STIFF SKIN SYNDROME; UPREGULATION;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHEMOKINE CCL2; COLLAGEN; DERMIS; EPIDERMIS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; FIBRONECTINS; FIBROSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; RECEPTOR, FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR, TYPE 3; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES; SYNDROME; THROMBOSPONDIN 1; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 67650079779     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kep118     Document Type: Article

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