Figure 3.
The hypothesis of cytokine alterations. Cytokines that mainly act on the pathogenesis of SSc may be replaced as the disease progresses. IL-6: interleukin-6, IL-13: interleukin-13, TGF-β: transforming growth factor-β.
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