Abstracts tagged "heat-shock proteins and scleroderma"

Abstract Number: 2568 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2013
Involvement Of Collagen-Binding Heat Shock Protein 47 In The Scleroderma-Associated Fibrosis
Haiyan Chu¹, Ting Wu¹, Wenyu Wu², Wenzhen Tu³, Yanyun Ma¹, Qingmei Liu¹, Hejian Zou⁴, Li Jin¹ and Jiu-Cun Wang¹, ¹Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Contemporary Anthropology, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China, ²Division of Dermatology, Division of Dermatology, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, Shanghai, China, ³Medicine, Shanghai Traditional Chinese Medicine-Integrated Hospital, Shang hai, China, ⁴Rheumatology, Huashan Hospital, Shanghai, China
Background/Purpose: Scleroderma or systemic sclerosis (SSc) is characterized by the fibrosis of skin and visceral organs, especially the uncontrolled fibrosis of multiple organs. Collagen is…