Authors
Mohammad Bagher Mahmoudi, Ehsan Farashahi Yazd, Farhad Gharibdoost, Mohammad Hasan Sheikhha, Elham Karimizadeh, Ahmadreza Jamshidi, Mahdi Mahmoudi
Publication date
2019/11
Journal
Irish Journal of Medical Science (1971-)
Volume
188
Pages
1443-1449
Publisher
Springer London
Description
Background/objectives
Recent studies suggest that, in addition to activation and hypersecretion of matrix components, fibroblasts from patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) are resistant to apoptosis. Previous studies have shown that survivin, a member of inhibition of apoptosis (IAP) family, plays an important role in apoptosis resistance. Accordingly, we decided to study the expression of the most important members of IAP family in SSc fibroblasts, which can block apoptosis either by binding and inhibiting caspases or through caspase-independent mechanisms.
Method
Skin biopsy samples were obtained from 19 patients with diffuse cutaneous SSc (DcSSc) and 16 healthy controls. Dermal fibroblasts were cultured and the total RNA was isolated from cells followed by cDNA synthesis. Real-time PCR was performed using SYBR Green PCR master mix …
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