Scleroderma (IMAGE)

Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

Scleroderma

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Skin fibroblasts isolated from a scleroderma patient. The red fluorescence is staining alpha-smooth muscle actin, a myofibroblast marker usually seen in high levels in these patients. These activated cells are the culprit in scleroderma fibrosis.

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