Angiotensin II induces skin fibrosis: a novel mouse model of dermal fibrosis

New insights on chemically induced animal models of systemic sclerosis

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Identification of alternatively activated macrophages in new-onset paediatric and adult immunoglobulin A nephropathy: potential role in mesangial matrix expansion

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Abnormal fibrillin-1 expression and chronic oxidative stress mediate endothelial mesenchymal transition in a murine model of systemic sclerosis

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Animal models of systemic sclerosis: Prospects and limitations

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Angiotensin II mediates the high-glucose-induced endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition in human aortic endothelial cells

(2010) Rining Tang et al.   Cardiovascular Diabetology

Animal models of scleroderma: fresh insights

(2010) Carol M Artlett   CURRENT OPINION IN RHEUMATOLOGY

The origin of fibroblasts and mechanism of cardiac fibrosis

(2010) Guido Krenning et al.   JOURNAL OF CELLULAR PHYSIOLOGY

Circulating monocytes from systemic sclerosis patients with interstitial lung disease show an enhanced profibrotic phenotype

(2010) Susan K Mathai et al.   LABORATORY INVESTIGATION

Cellular and molecular aspects of vascular dysfunction in systemic sclerosis

(2010) Maria Trojanowska   Nature Reviews Rheumatology

Molecular Pathogenesis of Skin Fibrosis: Insight from Animal Models

(2010) Gideon P. Smith et al.   Current Rheumatology Reports

Endothelial–Mesenchymal Transition as a Novel Mechanism for Generating Myofibroblasts during Diabetic Nephropathy

(2009) Akane Kizu et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY

Endothelial-Myofibroblast Transition Contributes to the Early Development of Diabetic Renal Interstitial Fibrosis in Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Mice

(2009) Jinhua Li et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY

Endothelial–Mesenchymal Transition in Bleomycin-Induced Pulmonary Fibrosis

(2009) Naozumi Hashimoto et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Animal models of scleroderma: lessons from transgenic and knockout mice

(2009) Emma C Derrett-Smith et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN RHEUMATOLOGY

Alternatively activated macrophages (M2 macrophages) in the skin of patient with localized scleroderma

(2009) Nobuyo Higashi-Kuwata et al.   EXPERIMENTAL DERMATOLOGY

Transforming Growth Factor-β and Angiotensin in Fibrosis and Burn Injuries

(2009) Vincent Ashley Gabriel   Journal of Burn Care & Research

Renin-angiotensin system in the pathogenesis of liver fibrosis

(2009) Regina Maria Pereira et al.   WORLD JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY

Connective tissue growth factor is induced in bleomycin-induced skin scleroderma

(2009) Shangxi Liu et al.   Journal of Cell Communication and Signaling

Autoantibodies and microvascular damage are independent predictive factors for the progression of Raynaud's phenomenon to systemic sclerosis: A twenty-year prospective study of 586 patients, with validation of proposed criteria for early systemic sclerosis

(2008) Martial Koenig et al.   ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM

In perspective: Murine models of scleroderma

(2008) Minghua Wu et al.   Current Rheumatology Reports