Systemic Sclerosis

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Takehara, Kazuhiko (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Fujimoto, Manabu (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Kuwana, Masataka (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2016.
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Dermatology.; Internal medicine.; Rheumatology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Internal Medicine.

This book provides a comprehensive review of the recent advances in the research of systemic sclerosis (scleroderma). Systemic sclerosis is a complex autoimmune disease characterized by vasculopathy, fibrosis, and immune activation. This disease is also associated with certain susceptibility genes a...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

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• Fibrosis: overview 2
• Autoimmunity in systemic sclerosis: Overview 3
• Endothelial progenitor cell 4
• Animal models of systemic sclerosis 5
• Genetics of Systemic Sclerosis 6
• Role of the Interleukin-1 Family in the Fibrogenic Phenotype in Systemic Sclerosis 7
• Interleukin-6 in the Pathogenesis of Systemic Sclerosis 8
• Epigenetics 9
• Transforming Growth Factor-ß and Connective Tissue Growth Factor 10
• Endothelin 11
• The Role of B cells in Systemic Sclerosis 12
• Fli1 13
• Biomarker 14
• Autoantibodies in Systemic Sclerosis.