Abstracts tagged "Systemic sclerosis"

Abstract Number: 0618 • ACR Convergence 2023
Incident versus Prevalent Interstitial Lung Disease in Systemic Sclerosis in the EUSTAR Database: Different Disease Phenotypes and Prognosis
liubov Petelytska¹, Arthiha Velauthapillai², Lorenzo Tofani³, Patricia Carreira⁴, Giovanna Cuomo⁵, Eric Hachulla⁶, Ivan Castellvi⁷, Radim Becvar⁸, Alexandra Balbir-Gurman⁹, Paolo Airò¹⁰, Irena Litinsky¹¹, Lesley Ann Saketkoo¹², Madelon Vonk¹³, Jeska de Vries-Bouwstra¹⁴, Anna Maria Hoffmann-Vold¹⁵, marco Matucci Cerinic¹⁶, Oliver Distler¹⁷ and Cosimo Bruni¹⁷, ¹Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland, ²Department of Rheumatology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ³Department of Statistics, Computer Science, Applications, University of Florence, Florence, Italy, ⁴Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, ⁵Department of Precision Medicine, “Luigi Vanvitelli” University of Campania, Naples, Italy, ⁶University of Lille, Lille, France, ⁷Rheumatology, Hospital Universitari de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Sant Just Desvern, Spain, ⁸Institute of Rheumatology, Prague, Czech Republic, Department of Rheumatology, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Praha, Czech Republic, ⁹Rheumatology Institute, Rambam Health Care Campus and Rappaport Faculty of |Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel, ¹⁰Spedali Civili di Brescia, Scleroderma UNIT, UOC Reumatologia ed Immunologia Clinica, Piazzale Spedali Civili 1, 25123, Brescia, Italy, ¹¹Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel, ¹²University Medical Center - Comprehensive Pulmonary Hypertension Center and ILD Clinic Programs // New Orleans Scleroderma and Sarcoidosis Patient Care & Research Centeris, New Orleans, LA, ¹³Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ¹⁴Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ¹⁵Oslo University Hospital, Department of Rheumatology, Oslo, Norway, ¹⁶Unit of Immunology, Rheumatology, Allergy and Rare diseases, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Milan, Italy, ¹⁷Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Although 50% of patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) present with interstitial lung disease (ILD) at baseline, new onset of ILD can also occur later…
Abstract Number: 0636 • ACR Convergence 2023
Chasing Pain: Investigating Somatosensory Profiles in Patients with Rheumatological Diseases Using Quantitative Sensory Testing
Claus Juergen Bauer¹, Ruth Sophie Schrapper², Simon Petzinna³, Charlotte Behning⁴, Tim T.A. Bender⁵, Peter Brossart¹, Martin Muecke⁶ and Valentin Sebastian Schäfer¹, ¹Clinic of Internal Medicine III, Department of Oncology, Hematology, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Hospital of Bonn, Bonn, Germany, ²University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany, ³Clinic of Internal Medicine III, Oncology, Hematology, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany, ⁴Institute of Medical Biometry, Informatics and Epidemiology, University Hospital of Bonn, Bonn, Germany, ⁵University Hospital of Bonn, Bonn, Germany, ⁶Universital Hospital of Aachen, Aachen, Germany
Background/Purpose: Pain is a prominent symptom in numerous rheumatological diseases. In order to allow for a standardized quantification and the assessment of nociceptive and non-nociceptive…
Abstract Number: 0658 • ACR Convergence 2023
Evaluating the Associations Between Autonomic Dysfunction, Clinical Phenotype and Gastrointestinal Transit in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis
Maria Paula Alvarez Hernandez¹, Brittany Adler², Jamie Perin³, Michael Hughes⁴ and Zsuzsanna McMahan⁵, ¹Hospital Clinico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain, ²Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ³Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁴Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust, Salford Care Organisation, Salford, United Kingdom, ⁵Johns Hopkins Rheumatology, Lutherville, MD
Background/Purpose: The gastrointestinal (GI) tract is the second most commonly impacted organ in systemic sclerosis (SSc). However, the pathogenesis and clinical expression of GI involvement…
Abstract Number: 0827 • ACR Convergence 2023
Development and Initial Validation of a Brief Measure of Uncertainty in Rheumatic Disease
Caleb Bolden¹, Claire Cook¹, Lucy Finkelstein-Fox¹, Xiaoqing Fu¹, Flavia Castelino¹, Hyon K. Choi², Cory Perugino¹, John Stone³, Elyse Park¹, Zachary Wallace⁴ and Daniel Hall¹, ¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Lexington, MA, ³Massachusetts General Hospital Rheumatology Unit, Harvard Medical School, Concord, MA, ⁴Massachusetts General Hospital, Newton, MA
Background/Purpose: Patients with systemic autoimmune rheumatic disease (SARD) are often tasked with monitoring ambiguous and unpredictable physical symptoms on their own. Higher levels of uncertainty…
Abstract Number: 0954 • ACR Convergence 2023
Non-canonical WNTA Promotes Cytoskeletal Rearrangement and Integrin Alpha V Clustering via JNK and ROCK to Control the Activation of Latent TGFβ
Thuong Trinh-Minh¹, Chih-Wei Chen², Cuong Tran Manh¹, yi-nan Li¹, Honglin Zhu³, Debomita Chakraborty⁴, Yun Zhang¹, Simon Rauber⁵, Clara Dees⁵, Christina Bergmann⁶, Alexander Kreuter⁷, Christiane Reuter⁸, Florian Groeber-Becker⁸, Beate Eckes⁹, Oliver Distler¹⁰, Andreas Ramming¹¹, Georg Schett¹² and Joerg Distler¹, ¹Clinic for Rheumatology University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty of Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany; Hiller Research Center, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty of Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany, ²3 Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany. 4 Deutsches Zentrum für Immuntherapie, Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany., Erlangen, Germany, ³3 Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany. 4 Deutsches Zentrum für Immuntherapie, Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany. 5 Department of Rheumatology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China, ⁴3 Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany. 4 Deutsches Zentrum für Immuntherapie, Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ⁵3 Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany. 4 Deutsches Zentrum für Immuntherapie, Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany., Erlangen, Germany, ⁶Department Internal Medicine, University Hospital Erlangen, Germany, Erlangen, Germany, ⁷Clinic for Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, HELIOS St. Elisabeth Clinic, Oberhausen, Germany, ⁸Translational Center for Regenerative Therapies, Fraunhofer Institute for Silicate Research (ISC) Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany, ⁹Translational Matrix Biology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany. 9 Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne, Köln, Germany, ¹⁰Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ¹¹Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany; Deutsches Zentrum für Immuntherapie, Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ¹²Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a chronic autoimmune disorder with vasculopathy, inflammation, and fibrosis of the skin and organs. Fibrosis is caused by the abnormal…
Abstract Number: 1522 • ACR Convergence 2023
Treatment of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in Patients with Connective Tissue Diseases: A Meta-analysis
Mustafa Erdogan¹, Sinem Nihal Esatoglu², Burcak Kilickiran Avci³ and Gulen Hatemi², ¹Marmara University - Pendik Training and Research Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Istanbul, Turkey, ²Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Cerrahpasa Medical School, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Istanbul, Turkey, ³Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Cerrahpasa Medical School, Department of Cardiology, Istanbul, Turkey
Background/Purpose: Treatment options for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) have expanded in the last two decades. However, evidence for the treatment of connective tissue disease-associated PAH…
Abstract Number: 1704 • ACR Convergence 2023
Esophageal Mucosal Erosions Can Predict the Deterioration of Lung Function over a Four-year Follow-up Period and Long-term Mortality in Patients with Interstitial Lung Disease Associated with Scleroderma
gerlando Natalello¹, enrico De Lorenzis¹, Ludovica Berardini², lucrezia verardi¹, pier giacomo Cerasuolo¹, Alfredo Papa³, Italo De Vitis³, Francesco Varone², Luca Richeldi², Maria Antonietta D'Agostino¹ and Silvia Bosello¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology - Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli, Rome, Italy, ²Division of Pulmonology - Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli, Rome, Italy, ³Division of Gastroenterology - Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli, Rome, Italy
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a major cause of morbidity and disease-related death in systemic sclerosis (SSc). Esophageal disease is common in SSc, and…
Abstract Number: 2366 • ACR Convergence 2023
Spatial Frequency Domain Imaging as a Novel Method to Quantify Longitudinal Skin Changes in Scleroderma
Hung Vo¹, Aarohi Mehendale², Anahita Pilvar³, Eugene Kissin⁴, Marcin Trojanowski⁵, Michael York⁶, Darren Roblyer² and Andreea Bujor⁶, ¹Boston Medical Center, Peabody, MA, ²Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, ³Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, ⁴Boston University, Newton, MA, ⁵Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ⁶Boston University, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune disease characterized by excessive collagen deposition in the skin and internal organs, along with vascular dysfunction. The modified…
Abstract Number: 0619 • ACR Convergence 2023
Different Definitions of Disease Severity, Progression and Outcomes in Systemic Sclerosis Associated Interstitial Lung Disease: A Systematic Literature Review
liubov Petelytska¹, Francesco Bonomi², Carlo Cannistrà³, elisa Fiorentini⁴, Silvia Peretti³, Sara Torracchi³, Pamela Bernardini³, Carmela Coccia³, Riccardo De Luca³, Alessio Economou³, Juela Levani⁵, marco Matucci Cerinic⁶, Oliver Distler⁷ and Cosimo Bruni⁷, ¹Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland, ²University of Florence, Firenze, Italy, ³University of Florence, Florence, Italy, ⁴Department of Experimental and Clinical medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Careggi, University of Florence, Firenze, Italy, ⁵Department of Experimental and Clinical medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Careggi, University of Florence, Florence, Italy, ⁶Unit of Immunology, Rheumatology, Allergy and Rare diseases, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Milan, Italy, ⁷Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: There is no established consensus on defining the clinical course and the outcomes of systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease (SSc-ILD), both among experts and…
Abstract Number: 0637 • ACR Convergence 2023
Comparison of Four Risk Stratification Models for Prediction of Mortality in Systemic Sclerosis-associated Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in the EUSTAR Cohort
Hilde Jenssen Bjørkekjær¹, Cosimo Bruni², Cathrine Brunborg³, Patricia Carreira⁴, Paolo Airò⁵, Carmen Pilar Simeon-Aznar⁶, Marie-Elise Truchetet⁷, Alessandro Giollo⁸, Alexandra Balbir-Gurman⁹, Mickael Martin¹⁰, Christopher Denton¹¹, Armando Gabrielli¹², Havard Fretheim¹³, Imon Barua¹³, Helle Bitter¹⁴, Oyvind Midtvedt¹³, Torhild Garen¹⁵, Kaspar Broch¹⁶, Arne Andreassen¹⁷, Yoshiya Tanaka¹⁸, Gabriela Riemekasten¹⁹, Ulf Müller-Ladner²⁰, marco Matucci Cerinic²¹, Ivan Castellvi²², Elise Siegert²³, Eric Hachulla²⁴, Oliver Distler² and Anna-Maria Hoffmann-Vold¹³, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Hospital of Southern Norway, Kristiansand & University of Oslo, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Oslo, Norway, ²Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ³Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Research Support Services, Oslo University Hospital - Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway, ⁴Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, ⁵Spedali Civili di Brescia, Scleroderma UNIT, UOC Reumatologia ed Immunologia Clinica, Piazzale Spedali Civili 1, 25123, Brescia, Italy, ⁶Department of Internal Medicine, Systemic Autoimmune Diseases Unit, Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebronh, Barcelona, Spain, ⁷Bordeaux University Hospital, Bordeaux, France, ⁸University of Verona, Rheumatology Section, Department of Medicine, Verona, Italy, Verona, Italy, ⁹Rheumatology Institute, Rambam Health Care Campus and Rappaport Faculty of |Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel, ¹⁰Department of Internal Medicine, INSERM U1313, Poitiers University, Poitiers University Hospital, Poitiers, France, ¹¹University College London, London, United Kingdom, ¹²Ospedali Riuniti Marche, Ancona, Italy, ¹³Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ¹⁴Sorlandet sykehus, Kristiansand, Norway, ¹⁵Dept of Rheumatology, University Hospital Oslo, Oslo, Norway, ¹⁶Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Department of Cardiology, Oslo, Norway, KG Jebsen center, Institute for Experimental Medical Research, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, ¹⁷Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Department of Cardiology, Oslo, Norway, ¹⁸University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan, ¹⁹University Clinic Schleswit-Holstein (UKSH), Lübeck, Germany, ²⁰Justus Liebig University Gießen, Campus Kerckhoff, Bad Nauheim, Germany, ²¹Unit of Immunology, Rheumatology, Allergy and Rare diseases, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Milan, Italy, ²²Rheumatology, Hospital Universitari de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Sant Just Desvern, Spain, ²³Department of Rheumatology, Charité University Hospital, Charité Platz 1, D-10117, Berlin, Germany, ²⁴University of Lille, Lille, France
Background/Purpose: The 2022 ESC/ERS Guidelines recommend comprehensive risk stratification at diagnosis of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) to guide optimized management.1Several risk stratification tools have been…
Abstract Number: 0659 • ACR Convergence 2023
Cigarette Exposure in Systemic Sclerosis: Impact on Autoantibody Expression and Disease Manifestations: Analysis of the EUSTAR Cohort
Jacopo Ciaffi¹, Sophie Liem², Saad Ahmed², Eva Hoekstra², Piotr Wiland³, Tatsuya Atsuma⁴, Gabriella Szucs⁵, Alexandra Balbir-Gurman⁶, Laszlo Czirjak⁷, Elisabetta Zanatta⁸, Ina Koetter⁹, Joerg Henes¹⁰, marco Matucci Cerinic¹¹, Paolo Airò¹², Francesco Ursini¹³, Thomas Huizinga² and Jeska de Vries-Bouwstra², ¹IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy, ²Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ³Wroclaw University of Medicine, Wroclaw, Poland, ⁴Hokkaido University, Department of Rheumatology, Endocrinology and Nephrology, Sapporo, Japan, ⁵University of Debrecen, Department of Rheumatology, Debrecen, Hungary, ⁶Rheumatology Institute, Rambam Health Care Campus and Rappaport Faculty of |Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel, ⁷Dept. Rheumatol Immunol, Medical School, university of Pecs, Pecs, Hungary, ⁸Rheumatology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Padova, Padua, Italy, ⁹University Hospital Eppendorf, Prisdorf, Germany, ¹⁰University Hospital Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany, ¹¹Unit of Immunology, Rheumatology, Allergy and Rare diseases, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Milan, Italy, ¹²Spedali Civili di Brescia, Scleroderma UNIT, UOC Reumatologia ed Immunologia Clinica, Piazzale Spedali Civili 1, 25123, Brescia, Italy, ¹³IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: In rheumatoid arthritis, cigarette smoking confers a risk for anti-CCP positive disease and the risk further increases in smokers carrying specific HLA DRB1-variants. These…
Abstract Number: 0934 • ACR Convergence 2023
Anti-fibrotic Effects of MT-5562, a Novel Potent Selective Autotaxin Inhibitor, in Preclinical Studies: Roles of Lysophosphatidic Acid in Autoimmune Diseases and Clues to Treat Skin and Lung Fibrosis in Systemic Sclerosis
Hiroshi Matsuura¹, Masahiro Kondo¹, Ryoko Ohno¹, Akina Ishii¹, Mariam Piruzyan¹, Kaori Funayama¹, Yuuichi Ono¹, Atsushi Iwamura¹, Tadashi Endo¹, Tomoya Akashi¹, Taizo Tomari², Noriko Uchiyama², Noriyasu Seki¹, Kenji Chiba¹, Gabriela Kania³, Przemyslaw Blyszczuk⁴, Oliver Distler⁵, Tsutomu Takeuchi⁶ and Yuko Kaneko⁷, ¹Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation, Yokohama, Japan, ²Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation, Fujisawa, Japan, ³University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁴Center of Experimental Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁶Keio University School of Medicine and Saitama Medical University, Tokyo, Japan, ⁷Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: Targeted small-molecule therapies to autotaxin (ATX), the lysophosphatidic acid (LPA)-producing enzyme, have been shown to be potentially effective in systemic sclerosis (SSc), but the…
Abstract Number: 0956 • ACR Convergence 2023
Effects of B Cell Depletion by CD19-targeted CAR-T Cells in a Murine Model of Systemic Sclerosis
Jérôme Avouac¹, Anne Cauvet², Cindy Orvain³, Morgane boulch⁴, Philippe Bousso⁴ and Yannick ALLANORE⁵, ¹Service de Rhumatologie, Hôpital Cochin, AP-HP.Centre – Université Paris Cité, Paris, France, ²INSERM U1016, Paris, France, ³INSERM U1016, Paris, ⁴Institut Pasteur, Paris, France, ⁵Université Paris Cité, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T cells represent a potentially curative strategy for B cell malignancies. A first successful clinical experience has been recently reported in…
Abstract Number: 1523 • ACR Convergence 2023
The Risk of Scleroderma Renal Crisis from Intraarticular Corticosteroid Injection in Systemic Sclerosis
Muruganandam Maheswari, Eyerusalem Akpan, Matthew Mcelwee, Meredith Keller, Angie Ariza - Hutchinson, Rosemina Patel, Wilmer Sibbitt, Frank O'Sullivan, Sharon nunez, N. Suzanne Emil and Roderick Fields, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Background/Purpose: Scleroderma renal crisis (SRC) is a rare but a life-threatening complication of systemic sclerosis (SSc), affecting 2-15% of patients with SSc. SRC has been…
Abstract Number: 1771 • ACR Convergence 2023
Role of Periostin in the Pathophysiology and Accurate Diagnosis of Interstitial Lung Disease Associated with Autoimmune Diseases
Verónica Pulito-Cueto¹, David Iturbe-Fernández², Victor Mora-Cuesta², Joao Carlos Batista-Liz¹, Belén Atienza-Mateo³, María Sebastián-Mora¹, Virginia Portilla¹, Alfonso Corrales¹, Miguel A Gonzalez-Gay⁴, Jose Cifrian⁵, Ricardo Blanco¹ and Raquel López-Mejías¹, ¹Rheumatology Department, Immunopathology Group, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla-IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ²Immunopathology Group, Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital-IDIVAL; Department of Pneumology, Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital, Santander, Spain, ³Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ⁴IDIVAL and School of Medicine, UC, Santander; Department of Rheumatology, IIS-Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Santander, Spain, ⁵Immunopathology Group, Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital-IDIVAL; Department of Pneumology, Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital; School of Medicine, Cantabria University, Santander, Spain
Background/Purpose: Periostin is an extracellular matrix protein that contributes to the development and repair of lung tissue [1]. Previous works have described periostin as a…

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