Increased Accumulation of Extracellular Thrombospondin-2 Due to Low Degradation Activity Stimulates Type I Collagen Expression in Scleroderma Fibroblasts
Ikko Kajihara(Kumamoto University), Hironobu Ihn(Kumamoto University), Yoshinobu Okamoto(Kanazawa University), Minoru Hasegawa(University of Fukui), Shinichi Masuguchi(Kumamoto University), Toshikatsu Igata(Kumamoto University), Takamitsu Makino(Kumamoto University), Masatoshi Jinnin(Wakayama Medical University), Keitaro Yamane(Tottori University), Satoshi Fukushima(Niigata Cancer Center Hospital), Noritoshi Honda(Kumamoto University), Manabu Fujimoto(Osaka Gakuin University)
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