High IL-17E and low IL-17C dermal expression identifies a fibrosis-specific motif common to morphea and systemic

Paola Adele Lonati1, Nicolò Costantino Brembilla2, Elisa Montanari3

  • 1Immunology and Allergy, University Hospital and School of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland; Experimental Laboratory of Immunological and Rheumatologic Researches, IRCSS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy.

Plos One
|August 20, 2014
PubMed
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