In particular, in scleroderma fibroblasts, aberrant activation of EGF-mediated signaling pathways, can upregulate the receptor II of transforming growth factor beta (TGFBRII) [23], the growth factor primary playing a role in the development of connective tissue fibrosis that is typically involved in SSc pathogenesis and, noteworthy, members of the EGFR pathway were modulated in SSc. Here, EGFR is linked to scleroderma.