Translational Research

SUMMARY OF CURRENT BASIC SCIENCE RESEARCH INITIATIVES AND INTERACTIONS:

1. Transforming growth factor βeta and extracellular matrix in scleroderma and Stiff Man Syndrome
   Dr. Hal Dietz
2. T cells as markers of scleroderma disease activity and outcome.
   Dr. Francesco Boin
3. Vascular smooth muscle cell biology and expression of scleroderma autoantigens.
   Drs. Livia Casciola-Rosen, Antony Rosen and others
4. The biology of progenitor cells in scleroderma.
   Drs. Livia Casciola-Rosen, Antony Rosen and others
5. Angiogenesis and the pathogenesis of scleroderma.
   Dr. Laura Hummers and Dr. Michael Simons at Dartmouth
6. The biology of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in scleroderma.
   Dr. Paul Hassoun and others
7. The genomics of scleroderma.
   Dr. Kathleen Barnes and others