Systemic Sclerosis

1. Fibrosis: Overview
Hironobu Ihn

2. Autoimmunity in Systemic Sclerosis: Overview
Ayumi Yoshizaki, Shinichi Sato

3. Endothelial Progenitor Cells
Masataka Kuwana

4. Animal Models of Systemic Sclerosis
Toshiyuki Yamamoto

5. Genetics of Systemic Sclerosis
Naoyuki Tsuchiya, Aya Kawasaki

6. Role of the Interleukin-1 Family in the Fibrogenic Phenotype in Systemic Sclerosis
Yasushi Kawaguchi

7. Interleukin-6 in the Pathogenesis of Systemic Sclerosis
Yoshihito Shima

8. Epigenetics
Masatoshi Jinnin

9. Transforming Growth Factor-ß and Connective Tissue Growth Factor
Manabu Fujimoto, Kazuhiko Takehara

10. Endothelin
Sei-ichiro Motegi

11. The Role of B Cells in Systemic Sclerosis
Takashi Matsushita, Kazuhiko Takehara

12. Fli1
Yoshihide Asano

13. Biomarker
Minoru Hasegawa

14. Autoantibodies in Systemic Sclerosis
Yasuhito Hamaguchi

Keywords: Medicine & Public Health, Dermatology, Rheumatology, Internal Medicine