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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2019

Cytometric Characterization of Main Immunocompetent Cells in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis: Relationship with Disease Activity and Type of Immunosuppressive Treatment.

Olga Gumkowska-Sroka, Krystyna Jagoda, Aleksander Owczarek, Grzegorz Helbig, Joanna Giemza-Stokłosa, Przemysław J Kotyla

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Immune cells composition in the skin and subcutaneous adipose tissue of patients with systemic sclerosis.Journal der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft = Journal of the German Society of Dermatology : JDDG · 2026
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  8. Autoimmunity Is a Significant Feature of Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension.American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Olga Gumkowska-SrokaDepartment of Rheumatology, Voivodeship Hospital No. 5, 41-200 Sosnowiec, Poland. oag@op.pl.
Krystyna JagodaDepartment of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Medical Faculty in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia, 40-032 Katowice, Poland. ka-ja@wp.pl.
Aleksander OwczarekDepartment of Statistics, Department of Instrumental Analysis, School of Pharmacy with the Division of Laboratory Medicine in Sosnowiec, Medical University of Silesia, 41-200 Sosnowiec, Poland. aowczarek@sum.edu.pl.ORCID 0000-0003-1179-6932
Grzegorz HelbigDepartment of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Medical Faculty in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia, 40-032 Katowice, Poland. ghelbig@tlen.pl.ORCID 0000-0003-3703-1268
Joanna Giemza-StokłosaDepartment of Neurology, Regional Hospital in Oświęcim, 32-600 Oświęcim, Poland. giemza@mp.pl.
Przemysław J KotylaDepartment of Internal Medicine, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Faculty in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia, 40-635 Katowice, Poland. pkotyla@sum.edu.pl.ORCID 0000-0001-8376-6527
Medical University of Silesia · PLState School of Higher Education in Oświęcim · PL

Funding

Śląski Uniwersytet Medyczny KNW-1-204/N/6/K and KNW-1-119/K/8/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a connective tissue disease that is characterized by widespread skin and internal organ fibrosis vasculopathy and immune response abnormalities, including T, B, natural killer (NK), and natural killer T (NKT) cell involvement. The aim of the study was to investigate the immune cell profile in patients with systemic sclerosis in relation to the disease activity, severity, and antibody presence and their relation to the type of immunosuppressive treatment. Cytometric examination identified following cell lines: B cells (Breg, B memory, B mature) and plasmablasts, T cell, T double positive-Tdp, T double negative-Tdn, NK, and NKT cell and monocytes. The disease severity and activity were assessed based on the Medsger and the EULAR Scleroderma Trials and Research Group (EUSTAR) 2017 scales respectively. In the study, SSc patients were characterized by higher total lymphocyte count parallel to increased frequency of Ts and Th cells. In SSc patients, increment of Tdp and reduction of Tdn as well as NK and NKT cells were observed. Additionally in SSc patients the reduction of B memory was noted. Head to head comparison between cyclophosphamide (CYC) and mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) treatment showed a reduction of CD19

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disease activityflow cytometryimmunocompetent cellsimmunosuppressionsystemic sclerosis

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PMID31071980
PMCPMC6571868
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