Certain immune cells contribute to the development of fibrosis, researchers at Chicago’s Northwestern Medicine discovered in a study that might overturn…
Articles by Magdalena Kegel
A cell therapy based on injected genetically modified human skin cells and a pill that activates a protein has the capacity…
Factors in the innate immune system, as well as those in the extracellular matrix surrounding cells, are likely involved in the development…
A therapy used to prevent organ rejection in patients who have a kidney, liver, or heart transplant can help people…
Scleroderma patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) who respond well to treatment have more lung artery side branches than patients…
Blood vessel-dilating treatments increase blood flow equally well in digital ulcers on fingertips and in extensor surface ulcers, which occur…
Patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) linked to scleroderma have worse outcomes than those with idiopathic PAH, with survival times…
A large study following patients in the early stages of diffuse cutaneous scleroderma showed that immunosuppressants offered only a negligible benefit…
Researchers have found links between several heavy metals and scleroderma, a discovery that prompted them to encourage doctors to check…
Many scleroderma patients show an “excellent” response to a kidney transplant and such surgery should be considered for those with end-stage kidney…