Abstracts tagged "transcription factor and wounds"

Abstract Number: 766 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2014
Endothelial Fli1 Deficiency Delays Wound Healing Due to Impaired Anastomosis of Newly Formed Vessels – a Possible Mechanism of Refractory Skin Ulcers in Systemic Sclerosis
Yoshihide Asano¹ and Maria Trojanowska², ¹Dermatology, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ²Arthritis Center, Boston University, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a multisystem inflammatory and vascular disease resulting in fibrosis of the skin and certain internal organs. Although the pathogenesis of…