The clinical presentation of systemic sclerosis (SSc) differs significantly between adult and pediatric patients, according to a recent study in…
Articles by Lindsey Shapiro, PhD
FT011, a treatment candidate from Certa Therapeutics, was safe and led to clinically meaningful improvements for more than…
Elevations in two indices of body-wide inflammation are associated with greater disease activity in systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients, according…
Systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD) were more likely to have a diffuse cutaneous (dcSSc)…
A new study has found that defects in centromeres — specific regions of chromosomes — are evident in skin cells…
Blood levels of the periostin protein were associated with the degree of skin and cardiac involvement, but not lung or…
The levels of a small RNA molecule called microRNA-27a, or miR-27a, are significantly lower in the blood of women with…
Tobacco use by systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients is linked to worsening gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms, but the immunosuppressive and…
People with systemic sclerosis (SSc) have lower-than-normal levels of the SPAG17 protein in their skin cells, which contributes to…
Levels of a protein called soluble suppression of tumorigenicity-2 (sST2) were linked to signs of cardiac involvement in people with…