Steroid hormones in systemic sclerosis: associations with disease characteristics and modifications during scleroderma renal crisis.

A ColletSébastien SangesA GhulamM GeninB SoudanV SobanskiE HachullaS DubucquoiB DjoboS EspiardC DouillardD Launay

Published in: Rheumatology (Oxford, England) (2023)

RAAS and GC hormones are abnormally produced in SSc patients, especially in patients with severe SSc and during SRC. This could suggest a participation of these hormonal systems in SSc pathogenesis.

Keyphrases

systemic sclerosis
interstitial lung disease
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
public health
peritoneal dialysis
physical activity
prognostic factors
type diabetes
rheumatoid arthritis
tyrosine kinase
early onset
metabolic syndrome
idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis