Abstract Number: 2297 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Decrease Activity of DNA Demethylase in SSc Fibroblast and Microvascular Endothelial Cells: A Possible Mechanism for Persistence of SSc Phenotype
Background/Purpose: DNA methylation is one of the best-characterized epigenetic modifications that have been implicated in numerous biologic and pathologic processes. It is initiated by DNA…