Research Publications

Distler O, Distler JH, Scheid A, Acker T, Hirth A, Rethage J, Michel BA, Gay RE, Müller-Ladner U, Matucci-Cerinic M, Plate KH, Gassmann M, Gay S. Uncontrolled expression of VEGF and its receptors leads to insufficient skin angiogenesis in patients with systemic sclerosis, Circ Res 2004 Jun 3.

Jüngel A, Distler JH, Kurowska-Stolarska M, Seemayer CA, Seibl R, Forster A, Michel BA, Gay RE, Emmrich F, Gay S, Distler O. Interleukin-21 receptor, but not interleukin-21, is expressed in synovial fibroblasts and synovial macrophages of patients with rheumatoid arthritis, Arthritis Rheum 2004 May;50(5):1468-76.

Distler JH, Hagen C, Hirth A, Müller-Ladner U, Lorenz HM, del Rosso A, Michel BA Gay RE, Nanagara R, Nishioka K, Matucci-Cerinic M, Kalden JR, Gay S, Distler O. Bucillamine induces the synthesis of vascular endothelial growth factor dose-dependently in systemic sclerosis fibroblasts via nuclear factor-kappaB and simian virus 40 promoter factor 1 pathways, Mol Pharmacol 2004 Feb;65(2):389-99.