Fibroblast were isolated from either back or forearm punch biopsies taken by Dr. Kari Connolly(UCSF) from either normal control patients, patients with a diagnosis of Systemic Sclerosis with Diffuse S
Total RNA was extracted from skin biopsies before and after imatinib (Gleevec) treatment using Qiagen RNeasy fibrous tissue kit. RNA was amplified using the Ambion Amino Allyl MessageAmp II aRNA kit.
The data from these cell lines is described in figure 2 of the mansucript "Systemic and cell-type specific gene expression patterns in scleroderam skin" by Whitfield et al. (2003) PNAS. Aortic smooth
