TY  - GEN
AU  - Daoussis,Dimitrios
AU  - Tsamandas,Athanassios C
AU  - Liossis,Stamatis-Nick C
AU  - Antonopoulos,Ioannis
AU  - Karatza,Elli
AU  - Yiannopoulos,Georgios
AU  - Andonopoulos,Andrew P
TI  - B-cell depletion therapy in patients with diffuse systemic sclerosis associates with a significant decrease in PDGFR expression and activation in spindle-like cells in the skin
SN  - 1478-6362
PY  - 2013///0522
KW  - Adult
KW  - Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived
KW  - therapeutic use
KW  - Antirheumatic Agents
KW  - B-Lymphocytes
KW  - drug effects
KW  - Female
KW  - Fibrosis
KW  - Humans
KW  - Immunohistochemistry
KW  - Lymphocyte Depletion
KW  - methods
KW  - Male
KW  - Middle Aged
KW  - Receptor, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor alpha
KW  - biosynthesis
KW  - Receptor, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor beta
KW  - Receptors, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor
KW  - metabolism
KW  - Rituximab
KW  - Scleroderma, Diffuse
KW  - drug therapy
KW  - Skin
N1  - Publication Type: Clinical Trial; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1186/ar3879
ER  -