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Lupus dermal fibroblasts are proinflammatory and exhibit a profibrotic phenotype in scarring skin disease.
JCI insight - 15 Feb 2024
Shoffner-Beck Suzanne K, Abernathy-Close Lisa, Lazar Stephanie, Ma Feiyang, Gharaee-Kermani Mehrnaz, Hurst Amy, Dobry Craig, Pandian Deepika, Wasikowski Rachael, Victory Amanda, Arnold Kelly, Gudjonsson Johann E, Tsoi Lam C, Kahlenberg J Michelle
Abstract excerpt
Fibroblasts are stromal cells known to regulate local immune responses important for wound healing and scar formation; however, the cellular mechanisms driving damage and scarring in patients with cutaneous lupus erythematosus (CLE) remain poorly understood. Dermal fibroblasts in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) experience increased cytokine signaling in vivo, but the effect of inflammatory...
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