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Proximal heat stress up-regulates angiopoietin-1 in fingers and reduces the severity of Raynaud's phenomenon in systemic sclerosis: a single-centre pilot study.

Yoshihito ShimaAkane WatanabeNobuto InoueTetsuya MaruyamaEiji KunitomoKunihiko HamanoTakashi KawanishiMasashi TakasugiAtsushi Kumanogoh
Published in: Modern rheumatology (2021)
Heating the neck or elbows can alleviate RP in SSc. The heat up-regulates angiopoietin-1 in the fingers.
Keyphrases
  • heat stress
  • systemic sclerosis
  • interstitial lung disease
  • heat shock
  • rheumatoid arthritis