Higher Circulating Levels Of TSLP Associated With Greater Risk Of Digital Ulcers In People With SSc, Study Suggests

Scleroderma News Today (9/3, Maia) reports, “Higher circulating levels of a protein called thymic stromal lymphopoietin, or TSLP, may be linked to a greater risk of digital ulcers – sores in the fingers and toes – in people with systemic sclerosis (SSc), also known as scleroderma, a study revealed.” The “findings suggest that assessments of TSLP levels could be used to predict which patients may develop these painful sores.” The findings were published in Microvascular Research.