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Ebata S, Yoshizaki A, Fukasawa T, Nakamura K, Yamashita T, Miura S, Saigusa R, Ichimura Y, Takahashi T, Hirabayashi M, Taniguchi T, Akamata K, Asano Y, Sato S. Unprecedented success of rituximab therapy for prednisolone- and immunosuppressant-resistant systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease. Scand J Rheumatol 2016; 46:247-252. [PMID: 27900875 DOI: 10.1080/03009742.2016.1231341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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- S Ebata
- a Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine , University of Tokyo , Tokyo , Japan
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- a Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine , University of Tokyo , Tokyo , Japan
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- a Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine , University of Tokyo , Tokyo , Japan
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- a Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine , University of Tokyo , Tokyo , Japan
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- a Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine , University of Tokyo , Tokyo , Japan
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- a Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine , University of Tokyo , Tokyo , Japan
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- a Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine , University of Tokyo , Tokyo , Japan
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- a Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine , University of Tokyo , Tokyo , Japan
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- a Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine , University of Tokyo , Tokyo , Japan
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- a Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine , University of Tokyo , Tokyo , Japan
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- a Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine , University of Tokyo , Tokyo , Japan
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- a Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine , University of Tokyo , Tokyo , Japan
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- a Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine , University of Tokyo , Tokyo , Japan
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- a Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine , University of Tokyo , Tokyo , Japan
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Takahashi T, Asano Y, Noda S, Aozasa N, Akamata K, Taniguchi T, Ichimura Y, Toyama T, Sumida H, Kuwano Y, Tada Y, Sugaya M, Kadono T, Sato S. A possible contribution of lipocalin-2 to the development of dermal fibrosis, pulmonary vascular involvement and renal dysfunction in systemic sclerosis. Br J Dermatol 2015; 173:681-9. [PMID: 25781362 DOI: 10.1111/bjd.13779] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/09/2015] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Lipocalin-2 is an adipocytokine implicated in apoptosis, innate immunity, angiogenesis, and the development of chronic kidney disease. OBJECTIVES To investigate the role of lipocalin-2 in systemic sclerosis (SSc). MATERIALS AND METHODS Serum lipocalin-2 levels were determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in 50 patients with SSc and 19 healthy subjects. Lipocalin-2 expression was evaluated in the skin of patients with SSc and bleomycin (BLM)-treated mice and in Fli1-deficient endothelial cells by reverse transcriptase-real time polymerase chain reaction, immunoblotting and/or immunohistochemistry. RESULTS Although serum lipocalin-2 levels were comparable between patients with SSc and healthy controls, the prevalence of scleroderma renal crisis was significantly higher in patients with SSc with elevated serum lipocalin-2 levels than in those with normal levels. Furthermore, serum lipocalin-2 levels inversely correlated with estimated glomerular filtration rate in patients with SSc with renal dysfunction. Among patients with SSc with normal renal function, serum lipocalin-2 levels positively correlated with skin score in patients with diffuse cutaneous SSc with disease duration of < 3 years and inversely correlated with estimated right ventricular systolic pressure in total patients with SSc. Importantly, in SSc lesional skin, lipocalin-2 expression was increased in dermal fibroblasts and endothelial cells. In BLM-treated mice, lipocalin-2 was highly expressed in dermal fibroblasts, but not in endothelial cells. On the other hand, the deficiency of transcription factor Fli1, which is implicated in SSc vasculopathy, induced lipocalin-2 expression in cultivated endothelial cells. CONCLUSIONS Lipocalin-2 may be involved in renal dysfunction and dermal fibrosis of SSc. Dysregulated matrix metalloproteinase-9/lipocalin-2-dependent angiogenesis due to Fli1 deficiency may contribute to the development of pulmonary arterial hypertension associated with SSc.
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- T Takahashi
- Department of Dermatology, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8655, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8655, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8655, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8655, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8655, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8655, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8655, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8655, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8655, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8655, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8655, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8655, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8655, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8655, Japan
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Taniguchi T, Asano Y, Tamaki Z, Akamata K, Aozasa N, Noda S, Takahashi T, Ichimura Y, Toyama T, Sugita M, Sumida H, Kuwano Y, Miyazaki M, Yanaba K, Sato S. Histological features of localized scleroderma ‘en coup de sabre
’: a study of 16 cases. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2013; 28:1805-10. [DOI: 10.1111/jdv.12280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2013] [Accepted: 08/20/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- T. Taniguchi
- Department of Dermatology; University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine; Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Dermatology; University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine; Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Dermatology; University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine; Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Dermatology; University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine; Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Dermatology; University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine; Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Dermatology; University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine; Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Dermatology; University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine; Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Dermatology; University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine; Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Dermatology; University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine; Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Dermatology; University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine; Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Dermatology; University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine; Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Dermatology; University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine; Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Dermatology; University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine; Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Dermatology; University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine; Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Dermatology; University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine; Tokyo Japan
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Noda S, Asano Y, Takahashi T, Akamata K, Aozasa N, Taniguchi T, Ichimura Y, Toyama T, Sumida H, Kuwano Y, Yanaba K, Tada Y, Sugaya M, Kadono T, Sato S. Decreased cathepsin V expression due to Fli1 deficiency contributes to the development of dermal fibrosis and proliferative vasculopathy in systemic sclerosis. Rheumatology (Oxford) 2013; 52:790-9. [DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kes379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Noda S, Asano Y, Akamata K, Aozasa N, Taniguchi T, Takahashi T, Ichimura Y, Toyama T, Sumida H, Yanaba K, Tada Y, Sugaya M, Kadono T, Sato S. Constitutive activation of c-Abl/protein kinase C-δ/Fli1 pathway in dermal fibroblasts derived from patients with localized scleroderma. Br J Dermatol 2012; 167:1098-105. [PMID: 22591006 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2012.11055.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND A noncanonical pathway of transforming growth factor-β signalling, the c-Abl/protein kinase C-δ (PKC-δ)/Friend leukemia virus integration 1 (Fli1) axis, is a powerful regulator of collagen synthesis in dermal fibroblasts. OBJECTIVES To investigate the significance of the c-Abl/PKC-δ/Fli1 pathway for the establishment of the profibrotic phenotype in lesional dermal fibroblasts from patients with localized scleroderma (LSc). METHODS The activation status of the c-Abl/PKC-δ/Fli1 pathway was evaluated by immunoblotting and chromatin immunoprecipitation using cultured dermal fibroblasts from patients with LSc and closely matched healthy controls and by immunostaining on skin sections. The effects of a platelet-derived growth factor receptor inhibitor AG1296 and gene silencing of c-Abl on the expression levels of type I collagen were evaluated by immunoblotting. RESULTS The phosphorylation levels of Fli1 at threonine 312 were increased, while the total Fli1 levels and the binding of Fli1 to the COL1A2 promoter were decreased, in cultured LSc fibroblasts compared with cultured normal fibroblasts. Furthermore, in cultured LSc fibroblasts, the expression levels of c-Abl were elevated compared with cultured normal fibroblasts and PKC-δ was preferentially localized in the nucleus. These findings were also confirmed in vivo by immunohistochemistry using skin sections. Moreover, gene silencing of c-Abl, but not AG1296, significantly suppressed the expression of type I collagen in cultured LSc fibroblasts. CONCLUSIONS Constitutive activation of the c-Abl/PKC-δ/Fli1 pathway at least partially contributes to the establishment of the profibrotic phenotype in LSc dermal fibroblasts, which provides a novel molecular basis to explain the efficacy of imatinib against skin sclerosis in a certain subset of LSc.
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- S Noda
- Department of Dermatology, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan
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Yanaba K, Asano Y, Noda S, Akamata K, Aozasa N, Taniguchi T, Takahashi T, Ichimura Y, Toyama T, Sumida H, Kuwano Y, Tada Y, Sugaya M, Kadono T, Sato S. Augmented production of soluble CD93 in patients with systemic sclerosis and clinical association with severity of skin sclerosis. Br J Dermatol 2012; 167:542-7. [PMID: 22540233 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2012.11020.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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BACKGROUND The cell surface protein CD93, expressed on endothelial and myeloid cells, mediates phagocytosis, inflammation and cell adhesion. A soluble form of CD93 (sCD93) is released during inflammation. OBJECTIVES To determine the serum sCD93 level and its association with clinical parameters in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc). METHODS Serum sCD93 levels were examined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in 59 patients with SSc, 24 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus and 47 healthy individuals. The expression of CD93 in skin tissues was examined immunohistochemically. In a retrospective longitudinal study, sera from 11 patients with SSc were analysed. RESULTS Serum sCD93 levels were increased in patients with SSc compared with healthy individuals (P<0·001). Patients with diffuse cutaneous SSc showed greater levels of sCD93 than those with limited cutaneous SSc (P<0·01) or systemic lupus erythematosus (P<0·01). Serum sCD93 levels correlated positively with the severity of skin sclerosis. Strong CD93 immunostaining was observed on endothelial cells in lesional skin tissues. In the longitudinal study, sCD93 levels decreased in parallel with improvement in skin sclerosis. CONCLUSIONS Serum sCD93 levels are increased in patients with SSc and correlate with the severity and activity of skin sclerosis. CD93 may contribute to the development of skin fibrosis in SSc.
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- K Yanaba
- Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan.
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Taniguchi T, Asano Y, Akamata K, Aozasa N, Noda S, Takahashi T, Ichimura Y, Toyama T, Sumida H, Kuwano Y, Yanaba K, Tada Y, Sugaya M, Kadono T, Sato S. Serum levels of ADAM12-S: possible association with the initiation and progression of dermal fibrosis and interstitial lung disease in patients with systemic sclerosis. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2012; 27:747-53. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2012.04558.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Toyama T, Asano Y, Takahashi T, Aozasa N, Akamata K, Noda S, Taniguchi T, Ichimura Y, Sumida H, Tamaki Z, Masui Y, Tada Y, Sugaya M, Sato S, Kadono T. Clinical significance of serum retinol binding protein-4 levels in patients with systemic sclerosis. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2011; 27:337-44. [PMID: 22211766 DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2011.04413.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND Retinol binding protein-4 (RBP-4) is a member of adipocytokines, which is potentially associated with fibrosis, vasodilation, and angiogenesis in addition to insulin resistance. OBJECTIVE To investigate the clinical significance of serum RBP4 levels in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc), which is a systemic autoimmune disease characterized by fibrosis and vasculopathy. METHODS Serum RBP4 levels were determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in 62 SSc patients and 19 healthy controls. RESULTS Similar to patients with chronic kidney disease, serum RBP4 levels inversely correlated with estimated glomerular filtration rate in SSc patients with renal dysfunction. Therefore, analyses were carried out by excluding SSc patients with estimated glomerular filtration rate <60 mL/min/1.73 m(2) . Serum RBP4 levels were significantly lower in diffuse cutaneous SSc (dcSSc) than in control subjects [median (25-75 percentile); 25.8 μg/mL (19.6-47.0) vs. 43.1 μg/mL (31.7-53.4), P < 0.05], while there was no significant difference between limited cutaneous SSc (lcSSc) [28.0 μg/mL (25.4-43.3)] and control subjects. In both of dcSSc and lcSSc, patients with Raynaud's phenomenon had RBP4 levels significantly lower than those without. Furthermore, serum RBP4 levels inversely correlated with pulmonary function test results in dcSSc and with right ventricular systolic pressure in lcSSc. CONCLUSION Decreased RBP4 levels are associated with the prevalence of Raynaud's phenomenon in dcSSc and lcSSc, with the severity of interstitial lung disease in dcSSc, and with the degree of pulmonary vascular involvement in lcSSc, suggesting the possible contribution of RBP4 to the pathological events in this disorder.
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- T Toyama
- Department of Dermatology, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Taniguchi T, Asano Y, Hatano M, Tamaki Z, Tomita M, Kawashima T, Miyazaki M, Sumida H, Akamata K, Takahashi T, Ichimura Y, Toyama T, Sugita M, Noda S, Yao A, Kinugawa K, Sato S. Effects of bosentan on nondigital ulcers in patients with systemic sclerosis. Br J Dermatol 2011; 166:417-21. [PMID: 21848685 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2011.10581.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND Bosentan is an oral dual endothelin receptor antagonist, which has been shown to be efficacious for preventing new digital ulcers in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) in two high-quality randomized controlled trials. However, its efficacy for nondigital ulcers in SSc remains unknown. OBJECTIVES To evaluate the efficacy of bosentan on nondigital ulcers in patients with SSc. METHODS Bosentan was administered to five patients with SSc with pulmonary arterial hypertension, who also had nondigital ulcers refractory to conventional treatments. The efficacy of bosentan on nondigital ulcers and its association with clinical features of ulcers were analysed. RESULTS The nondigital ulcers refractory to conventional treatments were significantly improved by the administration of bosentan in cases surrounded with severe cyanosis. In contrast, nondigital ulcers without cyanosis were still refractory to bosentan therapy. CONCLUSIONS Bosentan may be efficacious for accelerating the healing of nondigital ulcers with severe cyanosis, suggesting that nondigital ulcers caused by severely impaired peripheral circulation are highly responsive to this treatment.
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- T Taniguchi
- Departments of Dermatology and Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan
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Aozasa N, Asano Y, Akamata K, Noda S, Masui Y, Yamada D, Tamaki Z, Tada Y, Sugaya M, Kadono T, Sato S. Serum apelin levels: clinical association with vascular involvements in patients with systemic sclerosis. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2011; 27:37-42. [PMID: 22112232 DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2011.04354.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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BACKGROUND Apelin is a bioactive peptide exerting its pro-angiogenic and pro-fibrotic effects in a context-dependent manner through the activation of its receptor APJ, which is ubiquitously expressed on the surface of various cell types. The activation of apelin/APJ signalling appears to be involved in the pathological process of fibrotic disorders, including liver cirrhosis. OBJECTIVE As an initial step to clarify the role of apelin/APJ signalling in the pathogenesis of systemic sclerosis (SSc), we investigated serum apelin levels and their clinical association in patients with SSc. METHODS Serum apelin levels were determined by a specific enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in 56 SSc patients and 18 healthy controls. RESULTS Serum apelin levels were comparable among three groups, including diffuse cutaneous SSc, limited cutaneous SSc and control subjects (1.77 ± 1.48, 1.63 ± 1.51 and 1.61 ± 0.44 ng/mL, respectively). When we classified SSc patients into three groups according to disease duration, serum apelin levels were elevated in early SSc (<3 years) compared with mid-stage SSc (3-10 years) (1.74 ± 1.26 vs. 1.02 ± 0.52 ng/mL, P < 0.05). Importantly, in late stage SSc (>10 years), the prevalence of severe vascular involvements, including intractable skin ulcers, scleroderma renal crisis and pulmonary arterial hypertension, was significantly higher in patients with elevated serum apelin levels than in those without (100% vs. 20%, P < 0.05). CONCLUSION Apelin may be associated with altered and activated angiogenesis prior to fibrotic responses in early SSc and with the development of proliferative vasculopathy in late stage SSc.
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- N Aozasa
- Department of Dermatology, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Masui Y, Asano Y, Shibata S, Noda S, Aozasa N, Akamata K, Yamada D, Tamaki Z, Tada Y, Sugaya M, Sato S, Kadono T. Serum adiponectin levels inversely correlate with the activity of progressive skin sclerosis in patients with diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2011; 26:354-60. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2011.04077.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Noda S, Asano Y, Aozasa N, Akamata K, Yamada D, Masui Y, Tamaki Z, Kadono T, Sato S. Serum Tie2 levels: clinical association with microangiopathies in patients with systemic sclerosis. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2011; 25:1476-9. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2011.04012.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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