Open access peer-reviewed Edited Volume

Systemic Sclerosis - An Update on the Aberrant Immune System and Clinical Features

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Timothy Radstake
Timothy Radstake

Radboud University Nijmegen,
Netherlands

Published03 February 2012

Doi10.5772/1326

ISBN978-953-307-869-4

eBook (PDF) ISBN978-953-51-6737-2

Copyright year2012

Number of pages220

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Table of Contents

Open access  chapters

1. Pathogenesis of the Endothelial Damage and Related Factors

By Paola Cipriani, Vasiliki Liakouli, Alessandra Marrelli, Roberto Perricone and Roberto Giacomelli

1,981
2. Blood Platelets and Systemic Sclerosis

By Sébastien Lepreux, Anne Solanilla, Julien Villeneuve, Joël Constans, Alexis Desmoulière and Jean Ripoche

2,537
3. Using Proteomic Analysis for Studying the Skin Fibroblast Protein Profile in Systemic Sclerosis

By P. Coral-Alvarado, G. Quintana, C. Cardozo, J. Iriarte, Y. Sanchez, S. Bravo, J. Castano, M.F. Garces, L. Cepeda, A. Iglesias-Gamarra and J.E. Caminos

2,151
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4. Apoptosis of T Lymphocytes in Systemic Sclerosis

By M. Szymanek, G. Chodorowska, A. Pietrzak and D. Krasowska

1,802
5. Cytokines in Systemic Sclerosis: Focus on IL-17

By Julie Baraut, Dominique Farge, Elena Ivan-Grigore, Franck Verrecchia and Laurence Michel

2,760
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6. Biological Ageing Research in Systemic Sclerosis: Time to Grow up?

By J.C.A. Broen, L. McGlynn, T.R.D.J. Radstake and P.G. Shiels

1,757
7. Fibrocytes in Scleroderma Lung Fibrosis

By Ronald Reilkoff, Aditi Mathur and Erica Herzog

2,428
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8. Inhibition of Thrombin as a Novel Strategy in the Treatment of Scleroderma-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease

By Galina S. Bogatkevich, Kristin B. Highland, Tanjina Akter, Paul J. Nietert, Ilia Atanelishvili, Joanne van Ryn and Richard M. Silver

1,977
9. Emerging Issues in the Immunopathogenesis, Diagnosis and Clinical Management of Primary Biliary Cirrhosis Associated with Systemic Sclerosis

By Dimitrios P. Bogdanos, Cristina Rigamonti, Daniel Smyk, Maria G. Mytilinaiou, Eirini I. Rigopoulou and Andrew K. Burroughs

1,833
11. Scleroderma Renal Crisis

By Lola Chabtini, Marwan Mounayar, Jamil Azzi, Vanesa Bijol, Sheldon Bastacky, Helmut G Rennke and Ibrahim Batal

4,890
12. Pregnancy and Scleroderma

By Charlotte Gorgiard, Alice Bérezné and Luc Mouthon

3,168

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