The microvascular endothelium in scleroderma

Rheumatology

Volumn 47, Issue SUPPL. 5, 2009, Pages

  Kahaleh, Bashar ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti endothelial antibodies; Cytomegalovirus; Endothelial apoptosis; Endothelial cells; Raynaud's phenomenon; Scleroderma; Scleroderma vascular disease

Indexed keywords

AMBRISENTAN; AUTOANTIBODY; BOSENTAN; CILOSTAZOL; ENDOTHELIAL CELL ANTIBODY; ENDOTHELIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; ILOPROST; PROSTACYCLIN; PROSTAGLANDIN E1; SILDENAFIL; SITAXSENTAN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNIPROST;

ANTIBODY DEPENDENT CELLULAR CYTOTOXICITY; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; APOPTOSIS; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; MICROANGIOPATHY; MICROVASCULAR ISCHEMIA; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPERFUSION INJURY; SCLERODERMA; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; FIBROSIS; IMMUNOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW;

APOPTOSIS; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; REPERFUSION INJURY; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC;

EID: 69949140396     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/ken279     Document Type: Conference Paper

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