In a newly published paper in PLOS one journal entitled “Relationship between Body Mass Composition, Bone Mineral Density, Skin Fibrosis and 25(OH) Vitamin D Serum Levels in Systemic Sclerosis,” researchers from University of Foggia in Italy investigated if skin sclerosis (SSc) could…
In a recent study published in Fibrogenesis & Tissue Repair entitled “Enhanced chemokine-receptor expression, function, and signaling in healthy African American and scleroderma-patient monocytes are regulated by caveolin-1,” scientists from Medical University of South Carolina reported new insights into the mechanism of…
Systemic sclerosis (also referred to as “Scleroderma” and abbreviated as SSc) is an abnormal immune response of the body that leads to an overproduction of collagen. This overproduction of collagen and inflammation associated with SSc can negatively affect organs like the skin, lungs, digestive tract and kidneys. However, the most visible…
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