Antifibrotic effect of apremilast in systemic sclerosis dermal fibroblasts and bleomycin-induced mouse model

Abstract Phosphodiesterase (PDE) 4 inhibitors have been reported to suppress the progression of dermal fibrosis in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc); however, the precise mechanisms remain to be elucidated. Therefore, we conducted experiments focusing on the antifibrotic and anti-inflammatory e...

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Main Authors: Tomoaki Higuchi, Kae Takagi, Akiko Tochimoto, Yuki Ichimura, Hikaru Hirose, Tatsuo Sawada, Noriyuki Shibata, Masayoshi Harigai, Yasushi Kawaguchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-11-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-46737-1