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    Identification of peptides for immune activation and responses in Thai patients with systemic sclerosis
    (Mahidol University, 2020) Oranit Likhit; Kobporn Boonnak; Sa-nga Pattanakitsakul; Watip Tangjittipokin
    Systemic sclerosis (SSc), or scleroderma, is a chronic autoimmune disease involving a multisystem disorder characterized by skin and visceral organ fibrosis (such as heart, lungs, kidneys, gastrointestinal tract, and musculoskeletal systems...), as well as an immune activation by the production of disease-specific autoantibodies in patients’ sera. There are two types of SSc; limited systemic sclerosis (lcSSc) and diffused systemic sclerosis (dcSSc). LcSSc is a mild form with minimal skin