In:
Clinical and Experimental Immunology, Oxford University Press (OUP), Vol. 93, No. 1 ( 2008-06-28), p. 103-107
Abstract:
We have studied the skin and nerve fibrosis in toxic oil syndrome by in situ hybridization using specific cDNA probes for types I, III, and IV collagens, Fibroblasts with high levels of type I and III collagen mRNA were observed in biopsies from fibrotic skin areas. Similarly, type IV collagen mRNA was abundant in cells within the fibrotic process of the nerves. These results suggest that the excessive accumulation of collagen in toxic oil syndrome results from transcriptional activation of collagen genes in a subpopulation of fibroblasts.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0009-9104
,
1365-2249
DOI:
10.1111/j.1365-2249.1993.tb06504.x
Language:
English
Publisher:
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Publication Date:
2008
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2020024-9
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