Increased CD27 expression in the skins and sera of patients with systemic sclerosis

Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a kind of collagen disease and has an acquired autoimmune activation as represented by the production of autoantibodies. CD27 is a type I glycoprotein and a member of the tumor necrosis factor receptor family. It binds to the CD70 ligand, CD27-CD70 signaling is implicated in the development of various autoimmune diseases, but its role in the regulation of extracellular matrix expression and its contribution to the...