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ArticleJournal of scleroderma and related disorders2021

Circulating Gremlin-1 is elevated in systemic sclerosis patients.

Steven O'Reilly

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Article in Journal of scleroderma and related disorders, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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6citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Treatable Traits in Systemic Sclerosis.Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology · 2023
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  6. Gremlin: a complex molecule regulating wound healing and fibrosis.Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Steven O'ReillyDepartment of Biosciences, Durham University, Durham, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7483-740X
Durham University · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: Systemic sclerosis is an autoimmune connective tissue disease in which there is activation of the immune system, vascular disease and fibrosis. Activation of quiescent fibroblasts to myofibroblasts is key to disease pathogenesis. Gremlin-1 is a bone morphogenetic protein antagonist which is important in development and we recently reported in skin fibrosis. The aim of this study was to determine the serum circulating levels of Gremlin-1 in early diffuse systemic sclerosis. Methods: Twenty-one early diffuse systemic sclerosis patients (less than 2 years from first non-Raynaud's symptom) were included and age and sex-matched healthy controls. Serum was isolated from blood and measured with a specific enzyme-linked immunoassay for Gremlin-1. Clinical variables were also measured. Results: Significantly elevated Gremlin-1 was found in sera of early diffuse systemic sclerosis patients ( Discussion: In early diffuse systemic sclerosis patients, elevated Gremlin-1 is found in serum. This is particularly prominent in systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease. This suggests that Gremlin-1 may be a biomarker for systemic sclerosis interstitial lung disease.

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bone morphogenetic proteinGremlin-1lung fibrosissclerodermatransforming growth factor-beta

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PMID35382498
PMCPMC8922663
OpenAlexW3192784202

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