“…By summarizing the results obtained in this in vitro study on the modulation of several pro-fibrotic factors induced by HCMV and/or HHV-6A, it is worthy to note that although a number of them are often altered in different autoimmune diseases [ 89 ], most of them have been described to be up- or downregulated in SSc, as already highlighted above [ 15 , 60 , 61 , 62 , 63 , 64 , 65 , 66 , 67 , 68 , 69 , 70 , 71 , 72 , 73 , 74 , 75 , 76 , 77 , 78 , 79 , 80 , 81 , 82 , 83 , 84 , 85 , 86 , 87 , 88 ].…”