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Abstract
The University of California at Davis 200 and 206 (UCD-200/206) lines of chickens have proven to be the animal model that best reflects the situation in human SSc. We have demonstrated a misbalance of pro-fibrotic (TGF-beta1) and anti-fibrotic (TGF-beta2 and -beta3) TGF-beta isoforms as a possible cause for fibrotic alterations in this model. This opens new avenues for diagnosis and therapy for this still intractable condition.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 18784145 PMCID: PMC3292795 DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/ken275
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Rheumatology (Oxford) ISSN: 1462-0324 Impact factor: 7.580