Abstract:Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune disease of unknown origin. The clinical hallmarks are progressive fibrosis of skin and internal organs and vasculopathic changes in the form of digital ulcers and pulmonary arterial hypertension. The chronicity and heterogeneity of the disease has hampered research in SSc in the past, but new research tools and animal models have contributed to a greater understanding of the pathogenesis of SSc and resulted in new findings in the fields of genomics, cytokine expression… Show more
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