Figure 4. Decreased TNIP1 expression in SSc patients.
(A) Expression of the TNIP1 protein was decreased ex vivo in SSc lesional skin tissue compared to controls (arrows indicate TNIP-1 positive cells). Shown are representative sections of the 5 patients and controls included in the analysis. (B) Consistent with these findings, a 1.7-fold decrease of TNIP1 mRNA levels was observed in dermal fibroblasts from SSc patients (* indicates a P-value = 0.001 vs. controls). These results were confirmed at the protein level (C).
