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Gastrointestinal involvement in systemic sclerosis: pathogenesis, assessment and treatment

Volkmann ER, McMahan Z. Gastrointestinal involvement in systemic sclerosis: pathogenesis, assessment and treatment. Curr Opin Rheumatol. 2022 Aug 22. doi: 10.1097/BOR.0000000000000899. Epub ahead of print.[...]

By sjmartinez • August 22, 2022
Decline in forced vital capacity in subjects with systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease in the SENSCIS trial compared with healthy reference subjects

Maher TM, Bourdin A, Volkmann ER, Vettori S, Distler JHW, Alves M, Stock C, Distler O. Decline in forced vital capacity in subjects with systemic[...]

By sjmartinez • July 5, 2022
Diverse Roles of NETosis in the Pathogenesis of Lupus

Wang M, Ishikawa T, Lai Y, Nallapothula D, Singh RR. Diverse Roles of NETosis in the Pathogenesis of Lupus. Front Immunol. 2022 May 24;13:895216. doi:[...]

By rosaguerrero • June 14, 2022
Early Radiographic Progression of Scleroderma: Lung Disease Predicts Long-term Mortality

Volkmann ER, Tashkin DP, Roth MD, Goldin J, Kim GHJ. Early Radiographic Progression of Scleroderma: Lung Disease Predicts Long-term Mortality. Chest. 2022 May;161(5):1310-1319. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2021.11.033.[...]

By rosaguerrero • May 23, 2022
The disconnect between visual assessment of air trapping and lung physiology for assessment of small airway disease in scleroderma-related interstitial lung disease: An observation from the Scleroderma Lung Study II Cohort

Bae SS, Pourzand L, Hyun Kim G, Villegas BE, Oh A, Furst DE, Goldin J, Tashkin DP. The disconnect between visual assessment of air trapping[...]

By rosaguerrero • May 20, 2022
NHLBI Report: Impact of Sex and Gender on Autoimmune Lung Disease, Opportunities for Future Research

Volkmann ER, Siegfried J, Lahm T, Ventetuolo CE, Mathai SC, Steen V, Herzog EL, Shansky R, Anguera MC, Danoff SK, Giles JT, Lee YC, Drake[...]

By rosaguerrero • May 14, 2022
Gloria Yiu, MD, PhD Awarded A.P. Giannini Postdoctoral Research Fellowship & Leadership Award 

Dr. Yiu, a fourth-year rheumatology basic science STAR fellow, will receive three years of funding from the A.P. Giannini Foundation for her research exploring how the molecule[...]

By rosaguerrero • April 25, 2022