title: Connective tissue metabolism including cytokines in scleroderma.
abstract: Review of the currently published literature on systemic sclerosis emphasizes the role of adhesion molecules, growth factors, immune reactions, and aberrant fibroblast biology and metabolism in effecting vascular and connective tissue alterations in this disease and its variants.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee, Memphis 38163, USA.
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Postlethwaite
mesh_terms: D002448:Cell Adhesion; D003238:Connective Tissue / Q000378:metabolism*; D016207:Cytokines / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D012595:Scleroderma, Systemic / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D016207:Cytokines