Vijayraghavan, Sriram https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8248-7833
Blouin, Thomas
McCollum, James
Porcher, Latarsha
Virard, François https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7570-1088
Zavadil, Jiri https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0640-5562
Feghali-Bostwick, Carol https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6750-6407
Saini, Natalie https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1668-5417
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Scleroderma Foundation
Article History
Received: 6 April 2024
Accepted: 9 October 2024
First Online: 15 October 2024
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: Lung tissues were obtained under a protocol approved by the University of Pittsburgh Institutional Review Board. Written informed consent statements were provided by the study participants/patients. The study was designed and conducted in compliance with all relevant regulations regarding the use of human study participants, and in accordance to the criteria set by the Declaration of Helsinki.