Research Publications

Guiducci S*, Distler JH *, Jüngel A, Huber LC, Michel BA, Gay RE, Pisetsky DS, Gay S, Matucci-Cerinic M, Distler O. Elevated numbers of microparticles in the blood of patients with systemic sclerosis, Arthritis Rheum, 2008 Sep;58(9):2845-53.

Akhmetshina A, Dees C, Pileckyte M, Zwerina J, Gay S, Schett G, Distler O, Distler JH. Rho-associated kinases are crucial for myofibroblasts differentiation and production of extracellular matrix in systemic sclerosis, Arthritis Rheum, 2008 Aug;58(8):2553-64.

Skhirtladze C, Distler O, Dees C, Akhmetshina A, Busch N, Zwerina J, Pileckyte M, Spriewald B, Schett G, Distler JH. Src kinases play a major role for the production of extracellular matrix by SSc fibroblasts in vitro and in experimental dermal fibrosis in vivo, Arthritis Rheum, 2008 May;58(5):1475-84.

Polzer K, Karonitsch T, Neumann T, Eger G, Haberler C, Soleiman A, Hellmich B, Csernok E, Distler J, Manger B, Redlich K, Schett G, Zwerina J. Eotaxin-3 is involved in Churg-Strauss syndrome--a serum marker closely correlating with disease activity. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2008 Jun;47(6):804-8.