Elevated serum levels of sonic hedgehog are associated with fibrotic and vascular manifestations in systemic sclerosis

Ann Rheum Dis. 2018 Apr;77(4):626-628. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2016-210834. Epub 2017 May 11.

¹ Department of Internal Medicine 3 - Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany.
² Epidemiology Unit, German Rheumatism Research Centre Berlin, A Leibniz Institute, Berlin, Germany.
³ Service de Rhumatologie A, Hôpital Cochin, INSERM 1016, Paris, France.
⁴ Division of Medicine & Rheumatology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
⁵ Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Justus-Liebig University Giessen, Kerckhoff Clinic, Bad Nauheim, Germany.
⁶ Department of Internal and Experimental Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, Second University of Naples, II Policlinico, Naples, Italy.
⁷ Department Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité University Hospital Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
⁸ Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
⁹ Department of Rheumaklinik, University Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
¹⁰ Clinic for Rheumatology, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany.

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Keywords: Autoimmune Diseases; Fibroblasts; Systemic Sclerosis.

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