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Keywords: Actin; Caregivers; CD163 antigen; Cell culture; Collagen; Comorbidity; Councils; Culture media; Endothelial cells; Endothelin 1; Endothelins; Fibroblasts; Fibronectin; Fibrosis; Gene expression; Genotype & phenotype; Immunocytochemistry; Inflammation; Investigations; Leukocytes (mononuclear); Macrophages; Mannose; Mental depression; Microvasculature; Monocytes; Peripheral blood mononuclear cells; Phenotypes; Polymerase chain reaction; Protein expression; Proteins; Rheumatoid arthritis; Rheumatology; S100A4 protein; Scleroderma; Sclerosis; Smooth muscle; Statistical analysis; Transforming growth factor-b1; Western blotting