The autoinflammatory side of systemic sclerosis

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 47-49

  De Santis, Maria ^a,b   Selmi, Carlo ^a,b  

^a HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endothelin 1 (ET 1); IL 18; Interleukin (IL) 1 ; NLRP3 inflammasome; Systemic sclerosis (SSc)

Indexed keywords

CRYOPYRIN; ENDOTHELIN 1; INFLAMMASOME; INTERLEUKIN 18; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA CONVERTING ENZYME; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING OLIGOMERIZATION DOMAIN LIKE RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; FIBROGENESIS; FIBROSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCLERODERMA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; UPREGULATION; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; HUMANS; INFLAMMASOMES; INFLAMMATION; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC;

EID: 84921871247     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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