The Role of B Cells in Scleroderma Lung Disease Pathogenesis
Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a chronic, autoimmune, multisystem disease characterized by tissue fibrosis that, apart from the skin, may affect the lungs among other organs. B cells have been found in tissue lymphocytic infiltrates; in the lungs are encountered in lymphoid aggregates. The abnormal and...
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Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2022-07-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Medicine |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2022.936182/full |