Response to antifibrotic therapy and decrease of circulating BAG3 protein levels in systemic sclerosis patients with reduced forced vital capacity

• Margot De Marco,
• Anna Basile,
• Anna Lisa Cammarota,
• Claudia Iannone,
• Antonia Falco,
• Liberato Marzullo,
• Alessandra Rosati,
• Roberto Caporali,
• Maria Caterina Turco,
• Nicoletta Del Papa

Affiliations

Margot De Marco

Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry Schola Medica Salernitana, University of Salerno, Baronissi, Italy; FIBROSYS s.r.l., Academic spin-off, University of Salerno, Baronissi, Italy

Anna Basile

Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry Schola Medica Salernitana, University of Salerno, Baronissi, Italy

Anna Lisa Cammarota

Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry Schola Medica Salernitana, University of Salerno, Baronissi, Italy

Claudia Iannone

Scleroderma Clinic, UOC Clinica Reumatologica, ASST Pini-CTO, Milano, Italy; Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, Italy

Antonia Falco

Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry Schola Medica Salernitana, University of Salerno, Baronissi, Italy

Liberato Marzullo

Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry Schola Medica Salernitana, University of Salerno, Baronissi, Italy; FIBROSYS s.r.l., Academic spin-off, University of Salerno, Baronissi, Italy

Alessandra Rosati

Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry Schola Medica Salernitana, University of Salerno, Baronissi, Italy; FIBROSYS s.r.l., Academic spin-off, University of Salerno, Baronissi, Italy

Roberto Caporali

Scleroderma Clinic, UOC Clinica Reumatologica, ASST Pini-CTO, Milano, Italy; Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, Italy

Maria Caterina Turco

Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry Schola Medica Salernitana, University of Salerno, Baronissi, Italy; FIBROSYS s.r.l., Academic spin-off, University of Salerno, Baronissi, Italy; Corresponding author at: Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry Schola Medica Salernitana, University of Salerno, Baronissi, Italy.

Nicoletta Del Papa

FIBROSYS s.r.l., Academic spin-off, University of Salerno, Baronissi, Italy; Scleroderma Clinic, UOC Clinica Reumatologica, ASST Pini-CTO, Milano, Italy; Corresponding author at: Scleroderma Clinic, UOC Clinica Reumatologica, ASST Pini-CTO, Milano, Italy.