Research Publications

Avouac J, Palumbo-Zerr K, Ruzehaji N, Tomcik M, Zerr P, Dees C, Schneider H, Distler O, Schett G, Allanore Y, Distler JH. The Nuclear Receptor Constitutive Androstane Receptor/NR1I3 Enhances the Profibrotic Effects of Transforming Growth Factor β and Contributes to the Development of Experimental Dermal Fibrosis. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2014 Nov;66(11):3140-50.

Maurer B, Graf N, Michel BA, Müller-Ladner U, Czirják L, Denton CP, Tyndall A, Metzig C, Lanius V, Khanna D, Distler O; Amongst the EUSTAR coauthors: Distler JH. Prediction of worsening of skin fibrosis in patients with diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis using the EUSTAR database. Ann Rheum Dis. 2014 Jun 30.

Tomcik M, Palumbo-Zerr K, Zerr P, Avouac J, Dees C, Sumova B, Distler A, Beyer C, Cerezo LA, Becvar R, Distler O, Grigorian M, Schett G, Senolt L, Distler JH. S100A4 amplifies canonical TGF-ß induced fibroblast activation in systemic sclerosis. Ann Rheum Dis. 2014 Apr 7.

Beyer C, Huang J, Beer J, Zhang Y, Palumbo-Zerr K, Zerr P, Distler A, Dees C, Maier C, Munoz L, Krönke G, Uderhardt S, Distler O, Jones S, Rose-John S, Oravecz T, Schett G, Distler JH. Activation of liver X receptors inhibits experimental fibrosis by interfering with interleukin-6 release from macrophages. Ann Rheum Dis. 2014 Mar 11.