Role of Gas6 and TAM Receptors in the Identification of Cardiopulmonary Involvement in Systemic Sclerosis and Scleroderma Spectrum Disorders.

Mattia BellanArnaldo DimagliCristina PiccininoAilia GiubertoniAurora IannielloFederico GrimoldiMaurizio SguazzottiAlessandra NervianiMichela BariniAlessandro CarrieroCarlo SmirneMichela Emma BurloneCristina RigamontiRosalba MinisiniLivia SalmiMatteo Nazzareno BarbagliaLuigi Mario CastelloDaniele SolaPaolo MarinoGian Carlo AvanziMario PirisiPier Paolo Sainaghi

Published in: Disease markers (2020)

The assay of Gas6 sAxl and sMer may be useful to help in the identification of PAH and ILD in SS and SSD patients. The Gas6/TAM system seems to be relevant in cardiopulmonary complications of SS and SSD and merits further investigations.

Keyphrases

systemic sclerosis
interstitial lung disease
room temperature
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
high throughput
idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis