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Association between enhanced type I collagen expression and epigenetic repression of the FLI1 gene in scleroderma fibroblasts.
Arthritis and rheumatism - 1 Jul 2006
Wang Youngqing, Fan Pan-Sheng, Kahaleh Bashar
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Scleroderma (systemic sclerosis; SSc) is an autoimmune disease characterized by vasculopathy and widespread organ fibrosis. Altered fibroblast function, both in vivo and in vitro, is well documented and illustrated by augmented synthesis and deposition of extracellular matrix proteins. We undertook this study to investigate the possibility that epigenetic mechanisms mediate the emergence and...
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