Abstract Number: 1725 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Insulin-like Growth Factor Binding Protein-4 Exerts Anti-Fibrotic Effects and Its Levels Are Reduced in SSc-Associated Lung Fibrosis
Background/Purpose: The Insulin-like growth factor (IGF) system plays an important role in cellular growth, proliferation, differentiation, apoptosis and transformation; IGF binding proteins (IGFBP) exert cell…