Organization
University of Siena, Scleroderma Unit, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Neurosciences, Siena, Italy
2 abstracts
Abstract
ANTIBODIES AGAINST EXTRACTABLE NUCLEAR ANTIGENS (ENA) IN SCLERODERMA ARE NOT ONLY DIAGNOSTIC AND PROGNOSTIC TOOLS, BUT PATHOGENETIC REGULATORS INDUCING A PROFIBROTIC PHENOTYPE IN CULTURED SKIN FIBROBLASTSOrg: University of Siena, Scleroderma Unit, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Neurosciences, Siena, Italy, University of Siena, Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Neurosciences, Siena, Italy, University of Genoa, Research Laboratory and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Genoa, Italy,
Abstract
APREMILAST INHIBITS THE TGFî’1 MEDIATED TRANSITION OF CULTURED HUMAN SKIN FIBROBLASTS INTO PROFIBROTIC MYOFIBROBLASTS: IN VITRO STUDYOrg: University of Genova, IRCCS Polyclinic San Martino Hospital, Research laboratory and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Genoa, Italy, University of Siena, Scleroderma Unit, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Neurosciences, Siena, Italy, University of Genova, IRCCS Polyclinic San Martino Hospital, Department of Health Science, Unit of Dermatology, Genoa, Italy, Ghent University Hospital, Department of Rheumatology, Ghent, Belgium, Ghent University Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, Ghent, Belgium,