UVA researcher Blandine Baffert, working in the lab of UVA Health’s Sanja Arandjelovic and collaborating with researchers in France, found immune cells known as macrophages are responsible for the ...

Most people with scleroderma have autoantibodies. Several scleroderma-specific antibodies have been identified. These can help with diagnosis and give insight into the type of disease you may ...

Scleroderma is a rare autoimmune disease involving an overproduction of the protein collagen. Linear scleroderma usually begins as a streak of hardened, waxy, discolored skin on the forehead, an arm, ...