Figure 2.
The phenotype of fibroblasts isolated from systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients. (A) Representative pictures of fibroblasts from SSc patients (SSc-Fb) cultured with or without TGFβ1 on days 0 and 1 after stimulation (×40 objective). (B) Fold change of gene expression normalized on day-1 (n = 4). *: p < 0.05.