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Identification of Fetal DNA and Cells in Skin Lesions from Women with Systemic Sclerosis by Artlett, Carol M, Smith, J. Bruce, Jimenez, Sergio A

“…Systemic sclerosis is a connective-tissue disease of unknown origin that is characterized by cutaneous and visceral fibrosis; production of autoantibodies,…”
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Persistent maternally derived peripheral microchimerism is associated with the juvenile idiopathic inflammatory myopathies by Artlett, C. M., Miller, F. W., Rider, L. G.

“…Objective. Fetal cells have been demonstrated in the active lesions of adult women with systemic sclerosis. Because the juvenile idiopathic inflammatory…”
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Quantification of fetal microchimeric cells in clinically affected and unaffected skin of patients with systemic sclerosis by Sawaya, H. H. B., Jimenez, S. A., Artlett, C. M.

“…Objective. Fetal microchimerism has been hypothesized as a potential pathogenic mechanism for systemic sclerosis (SSc). This hypothesis was based on the…”
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Polymorphisms in the IL‐1 receptor antagonist gene VNTR are possible risk factors for juvenile idiopathic inflammatory myopathies by Rider, L. G., Artlett, C. M., Foster, C. B., Ahmed, A., Neeman, T., Chanock, S. J., Jimenez, S. A., Miller, F. W.

“…Although HLA‐DRB1 and ‐DQA1 alleles have been associated with adult and juvenile idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (JIIM), they only partially account for the…”
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Influence of prior pregnancies on disease course and cause of death in systemic sclerosis by Artlett, C M, Rasheed, M, Russo-Stieglitz, K E, Sawaya, H H B, Jimenez, S A

“…Background: Microchimerism from fetal or maternal cells transferred during pregnancy has been implicated in the pathogenesis of systemic sclerosis (SSc)…”
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Oligoclonal T Cell Expansion in the Skin of Patients with Systemic Sclerosis by Sakkas, Lazaros I, Xu, Bin, Artlett, Carol M, Lu, Song, Jimenez, Sergio A, Platsoucas, Chris D

“…Fibrosis, microvascular fibroproliferative alterations, and autoantibody production are the main features of systemic sclerosis (SSc), and all of them can be…”
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Comparative analysis of the genetic associations of HLA-DR3 and tumour necrosis factor alpha with human IDDM by COX, A, GONZALEZ, A. M, WILSON, A. G, WILSON, R. M, WARD, J. D, ARTLETT, C. M, WELSH, K, DUFF, G. W

“…Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) is associated with class II molecules of the MHC on chromosome 6, in particular HLA-DR and -DQ alleles, but a…”
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Class II MHC typing in pemphigoid gestationis by Shornick, J K, Jenkins, R E, Artlett, C M, Briggs, D C, Welsh, K I, Kelly, S E, Garvey, M P, Black, M M

“…Pemphigoid gestationis (PG) is a rare, autoimmune skin disease associated with pregnancy or the immediate post-partum period, previously shown to be associated…”
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Complement polymorphism in herpes gestationis: association with C4 null allele by Shornick, J K, Artlett, C M, Jenkins, R E, Briggs, D C, Welsh, K I, Garvey, M P, Kelly, S E, Black, M M

“…Herpes gestationis (HG) is a rare, pregnancy-related skin disease characterized by the production of an autoantibody to a component of the hemidesmosome. It is…”
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DNA ALLELIC ALTERATIONS WITHIN VNTR LOCI OF SCLERODERMA FAMILIES by ARTLETT, C. M., BLACK, C. M., BRIGGS, D. C., STEPHENS, C., WELSH, K. I.

“…We have characterized genetic alterations at the molecular level in 49 scleroderma and 45 control families using variable number tandem repeats (VNTRs)…”
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Telomere reduction in scleroderma patients : A possible cause for chromosomal instability by ARTLETT, C. M, BLACK, C. M, BRIGGS, D. C, STEVENS, C. O, WELSH, K. I

“…We have hypothesized that the chromosomal instability observed in scleroderma patients and their family members may result from the loss of long stretches of…”
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IgA nephropathy: immunogenetic studies of Australian patients by Knight, J F, Falk, M C, Ng, C, Fanning, G C, Artlett, C M, Roy, L P

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Fetal-maternal HLA compatibility confers susceptibility to systemic sclerosis by Artlett, C M, Welsh, K I, Black, C M, Jimenez, S A

“…Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a disease of unknown origin, which occurs predominantly in women after childbearing years. There are prominent clinical and…”
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Positive regulation of human alpha 1 (I) collagen promoter activity by transcription factor Sp1 by Li, L, Artlett, C M, Jimenez, S A, Hall, D J, Varga, J

“…Analysis of the regulatory promoter region of the human alpha 1 (I) collagen-encoding gene (COL1A1) gene indicated the presence of G+C-rich sequence elements…”
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Allograft inflammatory factor-1 and tumor necrosis factor single nucleotide polymorphisms in systemic sclerosis by Otieno, F. G., Lopez, A. M., Jimenez, S. A., Gentiletti, J., Artlett, C. M.

“…Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) alleles have been associated with systemic sclerosis (SSc); however, these alleles may be in linkage with other genes. Allograft…”
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Receptor for advanced glycation end products and neuronal deficit in the fatal brain edema of diabetic ketoacidosis by Hoffman, William H, Artlett, Carol M, Zhang, Weixian, Kreipke, Christian W, Passmore, Gregory G, Rafols, Jose A, Sima, Anders A.F

“…Abstract Radiologic and neuropsychologic studies suggest that diabetes mellitus causes structural changes in the brain and adversely effects cognitive…”
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Familial scleroderma--evidence for environmental versus genetic trigger by Stephens, C O, Briggs, D C, Whyte, J, Artlett, C M, Scherbakov, A B, Olsen, N, Gusseva, N G, McHugh, N J, Maddison, P J, Welsh, K I

“…Families with more than one case of scleroderma are unusual. Four families each with two members (in one case monozygotic twins) with scleroderma (systemic…”
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Description of 12 Cases of Nephrogenic Fibrosing Dermopathy and Review of the Literature by Mendoza, Fabian A., Artlett, Carol M., Sandorfi, Nora, Latinis, Kevin, Piera-Velazquez, Sonsoles, Jimenez, Sergio A.

“…To review the clinical and laboratory features of 12 cases of nephrogenic fibrosing dermopathy (NFD) studied at our institution and of 70 previously described…”
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TELOMERE REDUCTION IN SCLERODERMA PATIENTS: A POSSIBLE CAUSE FOR CHROMOSOMAL INSTABILITY by ARTLETT, C. M., BLACK, C. M., BRIGGS, D. C., STEVENS, C. O., WELSH, K I.

“…We have hypothesized that the chromosomal instability observed in scleroderma patients and their family members may result from the loss of long stretches of…”
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Increased numbers of microchimeric cells of fetal origin are associated with dermal fibrosis in mice following injection of vinyl chloride by Christner, Paul J., Artlett, Carol M., Conway, Raymond F., Jiménez, Sergio A.

“…Objective To develop a murine model for use in examining the role of microchimeric cells and certain chemical exposures in the pathogenesis of systemic…”
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