Tenascin-C drives persistence of organ fibrosis

Tenascin-C drives persistence of organ fibrosis

Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a fibrotic disease affecting multiple organs. Here the authors use patient samples plus mouse studies to show a central role for tenascin C as a TLR4 activator responsible for persistence of fibrosis in the context of SSc and SSc-like disease.

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Main Authors: Swati Bhattacharyya, Wenxia Wang, Luisa Morales-Nebreda, Gang Feng, Minghua Wu, Xiaodong Zhou, Robert Lafyatis, Jungwha Lee, Monique Hinchcliff, Carol Feghali-Bostwick, Katja Lakota, G. R. Scott Budinger, Kirtee Raparia, Zenshiro Tamaki, John Varga
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Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2016
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/ad972eca9c0b4547b31a8d0ec137cae1
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