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STROBE: The correlation of Cyr61, CTGF, and VEGF with polymyositis/dermatomyositis.
Medicine - 1 Aug 2018
Chai Ke-Xia, Chen Yu-Qi, Fan Pei-Lin, Yang Jie, Yuan Xia
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This study aims to explore the roles of cysteine-rich protein 61 (Cyr61/CCN1), connective tissue growth factor (CTGF/CCN2) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in the vascular process of polymyositis (PM)/dermatomyositis (DM).Real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction was used to determine the mRNA expression of Cyr61, CTGF, and VEGF in muscle tissues of initially treated PM/DM patients and...
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