Elevated Levels of Pentraxin 3 in Systemic Sclerosis: Associations With Vascular Manifestations and Defective Vasculogenesis

2013 Classification Criteria for Systemic Sclerosis: An American College of Rheumatology/European League Against Rheumatism Collaborative Initiative

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Definitions and Diagnosis of Pulmonary Hypertension

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Autoantibodies to RuvBL1 and RuvBL2: A Novel Systemic Sclerosis-Related Antibody Associated With Diffuse Cutaneous and Skeletal Muscle Involvement

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Brief Report: Impaired In Vivo Neovascularization Capacity of Endothelial Progenitor Cells in Patients With Systemic Sclerosis

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Quantification of circulating endothelial progenitor cells in systemic sclerosis: a direct comparison of protocols

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Human Pentraxin 3 (PTX3) as a Novel Biomarker for the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

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Angiogenic biomarkers predict the occurrence of digital ulcers in systemic sclerosis

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Long pentraxin 3 (PTX3) in the light of its structure, mechanism of action and clinical implications

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The regulatory function of SPARC in vascular biology

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Improved Culture-Based Isolation of Differentiating Endothelial Progenitor Cells from Mouse Bone Marrow Mononuclear Cells

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Practical approach to screening for scleroderma-associated pulmonary arterial hypertension

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Angiogenesis and Vasculopathy in Systemic Sclerosis: Evolving Concepts

(2011) Bradley J. Rabquer et al.   Current Rheumatology Reports

Bosentan treatment of digital ulcers related to systemic sclerosis: results from the RAPIDS-2 randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

(2010) M. Matucci-Cerinic et al.   ANNALS OF THE RHEUMATIC DISEASES

Modulation of the angiogenic phenotype of normal and systemic sclerosis endothelial cells by gain-loss of function of pentraxin 3 and matrix metalloproteinase 12

(2010) Francesca Margheri et al.   ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM

Lung tissues in patients with systemic sclerosis have gene expression patterns unique to pulmonary fibrosis and pulmonary hypertension

(2010) Eileen Hsu et al.   ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM

Associations with digital ulcers in a large cohort of systemic sclerosis: Results from the Canadian Scleroderma Research Group registry

(2010) Sarit Khimdas et al.   ARTHRITIS CARE & RESEARCH

Pulmonary arterial hypertension in limited cutaneous systemic sclerosis: a distinctive vasculopathy

(2009) M. J. Overbeek et al.   EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL

Endothelial-derived FGF2 contributes to the progression of pulmonary hypertension in humans and rodents

(2009) Mohamed Izikki et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

Clinical Features of Scleroderma Patients With or Without Prior or Current Ischemic Digital Ulcers: Post-Hoc Analysis of a Nationwide Multicenter Cohort (ItinerAIR-Sclerodermie)

(2009) K. P. TIEV et al.   JOURNAL OF RHEUMATOLOGY

Increased Serum Pentraxin 3 in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis

(2009) Y. IWATA et al.   JOURNAL OF RHEUMATOLOGY

Abnormalities in the Regulators of Angiogenesis in Patients with Scleroderma

(2009) L. K. HUMMERS et al.   JOURNAL OF RHEUMATOLOGY

Interstitial Lung Disease in Systemic Sclerosis

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