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ReviewFrontiers in medicine2017

Pathophysiological Mechanisms in Sclerosing Skin Diseases.

Beate Eckes, Fang Wang, Pia Moinzadeh, Nicolas Hunzelmann, Thomas Krieg

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Review in Frontiers in medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Beate EckesDepartment of Dermatology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Fang WangDepartment of Dermatology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Pia MoinzadehDepartment of Dermatology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Nicolas HunzelmannDepartment of Dermatology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Thomas KriegDepartment of Dermatology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sclerosing skin diseases represent a large number of distinct disease entities, which include systemic sclerosis, localized scleroderma, and scleredema adultorum. These pathologies have a common clinical appearance and share histological features. However, the specific interplay between cytokines and growth factors, which activate different mesenchymal cell populations and production of different extracellular matrix components, determines the biomechanical properties of the skin and the clinical features of each disease. A better understanding of the mechanisms underlying these events is prerequisite for developing novel targeted therapeutic approaches.

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extracellular matrixgrowth factor activationnephrogenic systemic fibrosisscleredemascleromyxedemastiff skin syndromesystemic sclerosis

Identifiers

PMID28868289
PMCPMC5563304

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