Abstracts tagged "Adipocytokines and systemic sclerosis"

Abstract Number: 1504 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2012
A Possible Contribution of Visfatin to the Resolution of Skin Sclerosis in Patients with Diffuse Cutaneous Systemic Sclerosis Via a Direct Anti-Fibrotic Effect On Dermal Fibroblasts and Th1 Polarization of the Immune Response
Tetsuo Toyama¹, Yoshihide Asano², Yuri Masui³, Sayaka Shibata², Kaname Akamata¹, Shinji Noda², Naohiko Aozasa¹, Takashi Taniguchi², Takehiro Takahashi², Yohei Ichimura², Hayakazu Sumida², Koichi Yanaba², Takafumi Kadono² and Shinichi Sato¹, ¹Department of Dermatology, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ²Dermatology, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ³Department of Dermatology, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: Our latest studies have demonstrated that adipocytokines, including adiponectin, apelin, and retinol-binding protein-4, are potentially involved in the development of complicated clinical symptoms associated…