Etiopathogenesis of Systemic Sclerosis: An Update

57.7K

views

95

authors

11

articles

Editorial

22 March 2021

Editorial: Etiopathogenesis of Systemic Sclerosis: An Update

Giuseppina Stifano

and

Raffaele De Palma

3,781 views

3 citations

Editors

2

Raffaele De Palma

Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, School of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Genoa

Giuseppina Stifano

Boston University

Impact

About

Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) is a chronic systemic disease characterized by extensive fibrosis of skin and internal organs, microvascular abnormalities, autoimmune phenomena. To date, etiopathogenesis of SSc is still a obscure. Several factors have been shown to play a role in SSc, as autoimmune phenomena, environmental (infection, chemical etc) and tumor triggers, genetic background, vascular damage, primary fibroblast alterations. However despite the increasing body of data, generated in vivo and in vitro, SSc still remains an “elusive” disease and no effective therapy for SSc is available. This Research Topic will overview all these issues, trying to address all the recent advances in the field. Therefore, we expect to discuss humoral and cellular immune responses, genetics, experimental in vitro and in vivo models, role of infections, clinical feature, cell and vascular alterations. Briefly, we want to assess the current knowledge about SSc and try to bridge what we know with future directions and new therapeutical approaches.

Download ebook

PDF

EPUB

Share

Editors

Raffaele De Palma

Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, School of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Genoa

Giuseppina Stifano

Boston University

Impact

57,742 Total views

37,025 Article views

18,834 Article downloads

1,883 Topic views

Published In

Frontiers in Immunology

Primary Immunodeficiencies

About Frontiers Research Topics

With their unique mixes of varied contributions from Original Research to Review Articles, Research Topics unify the most influential researchers, the latest key findings and historical advances in a hot research area! Find out more on how to host your own Frontiers Research Topic or contribute to one as an author.

Suggest a topic