Specialty biotechnology company Gemelli Biotech has announced the launch of a blood test that measures anti-vinculin levels to help physicians identify the risk of gastrointestinal or vascular ...

Matrix metalloproteinase 1 (MMP-1) is necessary for degradation of interstitial collagen types I, II, and III, which are the major constituents of the extracellular matrix (ECM). Increased expression ...

Systemic sclerosis — or scleroderma that affects the skin and internal organs -, is one of the rarest autoimmune diseases, affecting roughly 100,000 people (primarily women) in the United ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Nearly 10% of patients with systemic sclerosis had systemic sclerosis sine scleroderma, a subtype without skin ...

Scleroderma, or systemic sclerosis refers to a disorder in which the skin and connective tissues of the body start to thicken and harden because of the overproduction of a protein called collagen.

Although less common than other subtypes of systemic sclerosis (SSc), systemic sclerosis sine scleroderma (ssSSc) makes up more than 8% of SSc cases and "should not be neglected," according to a new ...

NIH/National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Ten new research grants on scleroderma (systemic sclerosis) have been funded by the National Institute of Arthritis and ...

GERMANTOWN, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Theraly Fibrosis, a preclinical-stage biotechnology company focused on development and commercialization of drugs for various fibrotic diseases today announced that ...

The finding of collagenous encapsulation of Brunner's glands and pathological changes in the muscularis mucosae in a duodenal biopsy from a patient with severe progressive systemic sclerosis prompted ...

AMSTERDAM — For patients with diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis, an autoimmune disease for which there are few treatment options, lenabasum (JBT-101, Corbus Pharmaceuticals) shows potential, new ...