Stretching Reduces Skin Thickness and Improves Subcutaneous Tissue Mobility in a Murine Model of Systemic Sclerosis.

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Published in Front Immunol on February 16, 2017

Authors

Ying Xiong1, Lisbeth Berrueta1, Katia Urso2, Sara Olenich1, Igla Muskaj1, Gary J Badger3, Antonios Aliprantis2, Robert Lafyatis4, Helene M Langevin5

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Preventive Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School , Boston, MA , USA.
2: Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School , Boston, MA , USA.
3: Department of Medical Biostatistics, University of Vermont , Burlington, VT , USA.
4: University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine , Pittsburgh, PA , USA.
5: Division of Preventive Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Neurological Sciences, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA.

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