Gene expression data of different SSc subsets. Gene expression data of different SSc subsets

We here used whole blood gene expression profiling to differentiate SSc patients from healthy controls (HC) and to identify a specific gene expression and predictive genes for SSc-overlap syndromes. Overall design: For each collection, 2,5ml of peripheral whole blood of 150 SSc patients and 40 HC was drawn into 2 PAXGene Blood RNA tubes of PreAnalytiX (Qiagen, BD Company, Hilden, Germany). Gene expression analysis was performed using the Affymetrix Human Genome U219 Chip.