%0 Journal Article
%T Comparative Proteomic Analysis of Serum from Patients with Systemic Sclerosis and Sclerodermatous GVHD. Evidence of Defective Function of Factor H
%A Cinzia Scambi
%A Valentina La Verde
%A Lucia De Franceschi
%A Giovanni Barausse
%A Fabio Poli
%A Fabio Benedetti
%A Marco Sorio
%A Francesca Deriu
%A Paola Roncada
%A Oscar Bortolami
%A Francesco Turrini
%A Paola Caramaschi
%A Chiara Stranieri
%A Lisa M. Bambara
%A Domenico Biasi
%J PLOS ONE
%D 2012
%I Public Library of Science (PLoS)
%R 10.1371/journal.pone.0012162
%X Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune disease characterized by immunological and vascular abnormalities. Until now, the cause of SSc remains unclear. Sclerodermatous graft-versus-host disease (ScGVHD) is one of the most severe complications following bone marrow transplantation (BMT) for haematological disorders. Since the first cases, the similarity of ScGVHD to SSc has been reported. However, both diseases could have different etiopathogeneses. The objective of this study was to identify new serum biomarkers involved in SSc and ScGVHD.
%U http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0012162