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SUBMITTER: Park JS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6408468 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Park Jong-Sung JS Oh Yumin Y Park Yong Joo YJ Park Ogyi O Yang Hoseong H Slania Stephanie S Hummers Laura K LK Shah Ami A AA An Hyoung-Tae HT Jang Jiyeon J Horton Maureen R MR Shin Joseph J Dietz Harry C HC Song Eric E Na Dong Hee DH Park Eun Ji EJ Kim Kwangmeyung K Lee Kang Choon KC Roschke Viktor V VV Hanes Justin J Pomper Martin G MG Lee Seulki S
Nature communications 20190308 1
Scleroderma is an autoimmune rheumatic disorder accompanied by severe fibrosis in skin and other internal organs. During scleroderma progression, resident fibroblasts undergo activation and convert to α-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA) expressing myofibroblasts (MFBs) with increased capacity to synthesize collagens and fibrogenic components. Accordingly, MFBs are a major therapeutic target for fibrosis in scleroderma and treatment with blocking MFBs could produce anti-fibrotic effects. TLY012 is an e ...[more]