ACN |
Acetonitrile |
BCA |
Bicinchoninic acid |
CTGF |
Connective-tissue growth factor |
EDTA |
Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid |
ECM |
Extracellular matrix |
FBS |
Fetal bovine serum |
GAPDH |
Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase |
HRP |
Horseradish peroxidase |
iBAQ |
Intensity-based absolute quantification |
LH |
Lysyl hydroxylase |
LH2b |
Lysyl hydroxylase 2b |
LOX |
Lysyl oxidase |
LOXL |
Lysyl oxidase like enzyme |
LTBP-2 |
Latent transforming growth factor beta binding protein 2 |
LTQ |
Linear Trap Quadrupole |
MMPs |
Matrix metalloproteinases |
MS |
Mass spectrometry |
SCUBE3 |
CUB and EGF-like domain-containing protein 3 |
SDS-PAGE |
Sodium dodecyl sulphate–polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis |
SSc |
Systemic Sclerosis |
TG2 |
Transglutaminase 2 |
TGFβ |
Transforming growth factor β |
TIMPs |
Tissue inhibitors of matalloproteinases |