Research Publications

Hsu VM, Denton CP, Domsic RT, Furst DE, Rischmueller M, Stanislav M, Steen VD, Distler JHW, Korish S, Cooper A, Choi S, Schafer PH, Horan G, Hough DR. Pomalidomide in Patients with Interstitial Lung Disease due to Systemic Sclerosis: A Phase II, Multicenter, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Parallel-group Study. J Rheumatol. 2017 Nov 1.

Bergmann C, Brandt A, Merlevede B, Hallenberger L, Dees C, Wohlfahrt T, Pötter S, Zhang Y, Chen CW, Mallano T, Liang R, Kagwiria R, Kreuter A, Pantelaki I, Bozec A, Abraham D, Rieker R, Ramming A, Distler O, Schett G, Distler JHW. The histone demethylase Jumonji domain-containing protein 3 (JMJD3) regulates fibroblast activation in systemic sclerosis. Ann Rheum Dis. 2017 Oct 25. pii: annrheumdis-2017-211501.

Chakraborty D, Šumová B, Mallano T, Chen CW, Distler A, Bergmann C, Ludolph I, Horch RE, Gelse K, Ramming A, Distler O, Schett G, Šenolt L, Distler JH. Activation of Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription 3 (STAT3) integrates common profibrotic pathways to promote fibroblast activation and tissue fibrosis. Nat Commun. 2017 Oct 24;8(1):1130.

Johnson SR, Soowamber ML, Fransen J, Khanna D, Van Den Hoogen F, Baron M, Matucci-Cerinic M, Denton CP, Medsger TA Jr, Carreira PE, Riemekasten G, Distler J, Gabrielli A, Steen V, Chung L, Silver R, Varga J, Müller-Ladner U, Vonk MC, Walker UA, Wollheim FA, Herrick A, Furst DE, Czirjak L, Kowal-Bielecka O, Del Galdo F, Cutolo M, Hunzelmann N, Murray CD, Foeldvari I, Mouthon L, Damjanov N, Kahaleh B, Frech T, Assassi S, Saketkoo LA, Pope JE. There is a need for new systemic sclerosis subset criteria. A content analytic approach. Scand J Rheumatol. 2018 Jan;47(1):62-70.