Research Article

Endothelin Receptors Expressed by Immune Cells Are Involved in Modulation of Inflammation and in Fibrosis: Relevance to the Pathogenesis of Systemic Sclerosis

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ETA and ETB expression by cells obtained from SSc patients. The quantification of receptors expression by T (a) and B lymphocytes (b), monocytes (c), and neutrophils (d) is represented by the difference of fluorescence intensity between the sample (continuous line) and its negative control (dotted line). The profile of one of 41 SSc patients is shown. All the other patients had a similar behaviour.
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