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Systemic sclerosis-associated fibrosis: an accelerated aging phenotype?
Current opinion in rheumatology - 1 Nov 2015
Luckhardt Tracy R, Thannickal Victor J
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune disease with fibrosis seen in multiple organs. Although not traditionally regarded as a disease of aging, SSc-associated fibrosis shares many of the hallmarks of aging seen in other age-related fibrotic disorders. Here, we review the current literature of the potential role of aging and age-related cellular processes in the development of SSc and...
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