Role of endothelial cells in autoimmune systemic diseases

This research project aimed at studying some aspects of the role played by endothelial cells in two different systemic autoimmune disorders, such as Progressive Systemic Sclerosis, where vascular disfunction plays a fundamental role in the initial phases of the disease and Rheumatoid Arthritis where endothelial cells play a pivotal role in the recruitment of cells of the immune system in the synovial membrane, site of chronic autoimmune aggression.