Clinical and laboratory characterization of patients with localized scleroderma and response to UVA-1 phototherapy: In vivo and in vitro skin models.

Linda TognettiCamilla MarroccoAndrea CarraroGiuditta GuerriniGIancarlo MariottiElisa CinottiPietro Rubegni

Published in: Photodermatology, photoimmunology & photomedicine (2022)

UVA-1 phototherapy adds significant benefits in local tissue remodeling, rebalancing the alteration between pro-fibrotic and anti-fibrotic pathways; these changes can be well monitored by HFUS.

Keyphrases

systemic sclerosis
interstitial lung disease
idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
anti inflammatory
rheumatoid arthritis