Systemic sclerosis in 2016: Dermal white adipose tissue implicated in SSc pathogenesis

Nat Rev Rheumatol. 2017 Feb;13(2):71-72. doi: 10.1038/nrrheum.2016.223. Epub 2017 Jan 12.

Authors

John Varga¹, Roberta G Marangoni¹

Affiliation

¹ Division of Rheumatology and Northwestern Scleroderma Program, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 240 East Huron Street, Chicago, Illinois 60657, USA.

PMID: 28077865
DOI: 10.1038/nrrheum.2016.223

No abstract available

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Adipocytes / pathology
Adipose Tissue, White / pathology*
Adipose Tissue, White / physiopathology
Fibrosis / etiology
Fibrosis / pathology*
Humans
Myofibroblasts / pathology
Scleroderma, Systemic / etiology
Scleroderma, Systemic / pathology*
Scleroderma, Systemic / physiopathology*
Skin / pathology*
Stem Cells / pathology