Researchers have come up with a new, patient-reported questionnaire to measure the impact of digital ulcers on hand function in…
Articles by Ana Pena, PhD
A specific variant in the STAT4 gene protects people with scleroderma against the development of interstitial…
An advanced imaging technique, called ultra-high-frequency ultrasound (UHF-US), provides detailed information of all skin layers to better detect and…
Black patients with scleroderma experience faster disease progression, higher prevalence of diffuse skin involvement, and higher mortality than…
People with systemic scleroderma (SSc) can be prone to problems in the small…
Older men with diffuse cutaneous systemic scleroderma (dcSSc) have more estradiol, a form of estrogen, compared with postmenopausal…
Certain cytokines of the IL-1 family may play important and distinct roles in the development of systemic scleroderma…
TLY012, a lab-made equivalent of a natural protein called TRAIL, can reverse skin fibrosis in mice with scleroderma by blocking important…
Among patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc), those who have pulmonary…
IGFBP-5, a protein that appears to be involved in the early stages of fibrosis, may be a potential…