Medical University of South Carolina researchers show that patients with scleroderma, a connective tissue disease, and lung fibrosis, or scarring, have too little of the antifibrotic protein Cathepsin ...

Researchers have discovered a protein that may predict disease severity for a lung condition that often proves fatal to patients with scleroderma. The recent study, published in Arthritis Care & ...

Researchers found a unique immune cell plays a key role in the chronic inflammation and scarring in the lungs and skin of people with scleroderma, or systemic sclerosis. After injecting mice with ...

DESTIN, Fla. — Detection and treatment of interstitial lung disease in systemic sclerosis calls for early and aggressive action, according to data presented at the Congress of Clinical Rheumatology ...

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Alicia M. Hinze, MD: In regard to treatment options, I’ll speak from the rheumatic side of treating interstitial lung disease, using scleroderma as probably 1 of the prototypical rheumatic diseases in ...

Investigators have discovered that a biodegradable nanoparticle used in medical sutures could combat a rare, sometimes-fatal autoimmune disease. Researchers found that a unique macrophage, an immune ...