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Unraveling the signaling pathways promoting fibrosis in Dupuytren's disease reveals TNF as a therapeutic target.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 5 Mar 2013
Verjee Liaquat S, Verhoekx Jennifer S N, Chan James K K, Krausgruber Thomas, Nicolaidou Vicky, Izadi David, Davidson Dominique, Feldmann Marc, Midwood Kim S, Nanchahal Jagdeep
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Dupuytren's disease is a very common progressive fibrosis of the palm leading to flexion deformities of the digits that impair hand function. The cell responsible for development of the disease is the myofibroblast. There is currently no treatment for early disease or for preventing recurrence following surgical excision of affected tissue in advanced disease. Therefore, we sought to unravel the signaling...
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