Parasympathetic activity increases with digital microvascular damage and vascular endothelial growth factor in systemic sclerosis.

CONCLUSIONS: In our study parasympathetic modulation increases in relation to VEGF. When microcirculation is modified with capillaroscopic pattern progression and DUs, autonomic system seems to stimulate vasodilatation trough parasympathetic system. We can conclude that parasympathetic activity increases with digital microvascular damage and promotes VEGF release. PMID: 29787366 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology - Category: Rheumatology Tags: Clin Exp Rheumatol Source Type: research