hMLH1 and hMSH2 gene mutations are present in radial growth-phase cutaneous malignant melanoma cell lines and can be induced further by ultraviolet-B irradiation.

abstract：:Proteoglycans have been suggested to play pivotal roles in hair biology. Decorin is a prototypical member of the small leucine-rich proteoglycan family, which is involved in numerous biological processes. However, the role of decorin in the hair cycle has not been elucidated. Moreover, the effects of decorin on the ac...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Inui S,Itami S

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Curcumin (diferuloylmethane) is a polyphenol derived from turmeric (Curcuma longa), which is commonly used as a spice. Recent studies have shown that curcumin has a wide range of pharmacological activities, including anticarcinogenic, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and antiangiogenic activities. However, the antiphoto...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Hwang BM,Noh EM,Kim JS,Kim JM,You YO,Hwang JK,Kwon KB,Lee YR

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acquisition of potent human dermal papilla (DP) cells that can induce hair follicle neogenesis is an overarching concern, and various approaches have been tried. In an attempt to solve the problem, we previously introduced the three-dimensional (3D) culture of human DP cells and observed de novo formation of hair foll...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Seo CH,Kwack MH,Kim MK,Kim JC,Sung YK

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultraviolet (UV) light is an effective treatment for skin disorders like psoriasis in which the cutaneous neurosensory system may have a pathogenic role. In this study, we examined the possibility that UV modulation of the cutaneous neurosensory system and calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) may contribute to local...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Legat FJ,Jaiani LT,Wolf P,Wang M,Lang R,Abraham T,Solomon AR,Armstrong CA,Glass JD,Ansel JC

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Detergents irritate skin and affect skin barrier homeostasis. In this study, healthy skin was exposed to 1% sodium lauryl sulphate (SLS) in water for 24 h. Biopsies were taken 6 h to 8 days post exposure. Lipid patterns were stained in situ and real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was used to examine mRNA express...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Törmä H,Berne B

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Contact allergens induce several accessory signals which promote the activation of antigen-specific T cells. One of these signals is the increased expression of adhesion molecules on antigen-presenting cells and endothelial cells. Epicutaneous application of non-toxic doses of 2,4-dinitrofluorobenzene (DNFB) onto the ...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Wildner O,Lipkow T,Knop J

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have employed a panel of antibodies directed against several newly-defined and well-characterized components of the epidermal basement membrane (BM) to investigate the biology of basal cell carcinoma (BCC) by indirect immunofluorescence and to determine whether alterations in BM components may play a significant ro...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Korman NJ,Hrabovsky SL

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immune escape mechanisms of cancers include some of the mechanisms normally used for immune homeostasis, particular those preventing autoimmunity; one of these is the polarisation of myeloid cells. Thereby, tumors, i.e. the cancerous and stromal cells, also condition distant sites like spleen and bone marrow via solub...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Becker JC

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the last decade, significant progress has been made in understanding skin cancer cell death resistance mechanisms, and a number of new treatment strategies have been developed. Systematic approach genomic studies of various cancer types have opened new possibilities for the development of anticancer therapies. Howe...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Feoktistova M,Panayotova-Dimitrova D

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrical stimulation is being used in variable skin therapeutic conditions. There have been clinical studies demonstrating the positive effect of electrical stimuli on hair regrowth. However, the underlying exact mechanism and optimal parameter settings are not clarified yet. To investigate the effects of different ...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Sohn KM,Jeong KH,Kim JE,Park YM,Kang H

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Drug resistance in melanoma is commonly attributed to ineffective apoptotic pathways. Targeting apoptosis regulators is thus considered a promising approach to sensitizing melanoma to therapy. In the previous issue of Experimental Dermatology, Plötz and Eberle discuss the role that apoptosis plays in melanoma progress...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Haass NK,Schumacher U

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immune system is called into action by alarm signals generated from injured tissues. We examined the nature of these alarm signals after exposure of skin residential cells to contact allergens (nickel sulfate and potassium dichromate) and a contact irritant [sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS)]. Nickel sulfate, potassium...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Spiekstra SW,Toebak MJ,Sampat-Sardjoepersad S,van Beek PJ,Boorsma DM,Stoof TJ,von Blomberg BM,Scheper RJ,Bruynzeel DP,Rustemeyer T,Gibbs S

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pimecrolimus (SDZ ASM981) is a non-steroid member of calcineurin inhibitors recently developed for the treatment of inflammatory skin diseases. In this study, we compared the effect of pimecrolimus and corticosteroids on the differentiation, maturation and function of murine bone marrow-derived dendritic cells (BM-DC)...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Krummen MB,Varga G,Steinert M,Stuetz A,Luger TA,Grabbe S

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycosis fungoides (MF) is the most frequent variant of cutaneous T-cell lymphomas (CTCLs). MF primarily involves the skin initially with patches and plaques. In later stages, cutaneous tumors develop and tumor cells may spread to lymph nodes and finally to visceral sites. Here, we describe an animal model for MF in im...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Thaler S,Burger AM,Schulz T,Brill B,Bittner A,Oberholzer PA,Dummer R,Schnierle BS

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the increasing use of gene transfer strategies in the study of cellular and molecular biology, melanoma cells have remained difficult to transfect in a safe, efficient, and reproducible manner. In the present study, we report the successful use of nucleofector technology to transfect human melanoma cell lines....

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Han SY,Gai W,Yancovitz M,Osman I,Di Como CJ,Polsky D

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recognition that cellular retinoic acid binding protein (CRABP)-I and CRABP-II are found in different cell types has provided additional support for the presumably divergent roles of these two proteins in mediating retinoic acid (RA) effects in human skin. CRABP-II is expressed in fibroblasts and keratinocytes, and CR...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Sanquer S,Reenstra WR,Eller MS,Gilchrest BA

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:c-Jun, a component of the activating protein-1 transcription factor family, has been known to play an important role in the control of cell proliferation. It is also suspected to be a critical mediator of tumor promotion. However, investigations of c-Jun activation patterns in inflammatory and inflammatory transformin...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Marceková Z,Flaig MJ,Kekus M,Ruzicka T,Rupec RA

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Keratinocytes (KCs) play a critical role in maintaining the cutaneous structure and are involved in various physiological and pathologic processes of the skin. Many inflammatory skin diseases and skin cancers result from excessive proliferation and insufficient apoptosis of KCs. Recent data suggested that the sonic he...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Liu H,Jian Q,Xue K,Ma C,Xie F,Wang R,Liao W,Liu Y,Chi S,Li C

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As global transcriptome analyses with a growing demand on layer-specific applications are widely used in cutaneous biology, we investigated the effect of established and optimized dermo-epidermal separation methods on the quality of RNA. We compared enzymatic separation with dispase, chemical separation with 1 M sodiu...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Trost A,Bauer JW,Lanschützer C,Laimer M,Emberger M,Hintner H,Onder K

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We characterized the melanogenic apparatus in a family of transplantable gerbil melanomas (melanotic and amelanotic) using a combination of biophysical, ultrastructural and biochemical methods. Melanotic melanomas produced pure eumelanin but in vesiculo-globular melanosomes ('pheomelanosomes'); the eumelanosomes, char...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Plonka PM,Slominski AT,Pajak S,Urbanska K

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The best characterized signalling pathway employed by transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-β) is the Smad pathway. We focused on Smad4, because it is essential for the activation of Smad-dependent target genes. We aimed to explore the possibility of inhibiting scar formation after wounding by blocking TGF-β signalling...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Tan WQ,Gao ZJ,Xu JH,Yao HP

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Psoriasis is an inflammatory skin disease often associated with obesity. The anti-inflammatory adipokine vaspin, a suggested serine proteinase inhibitor of the serpin family, is discussed as a new link between inflammation and obesity. Here, we demonstrate that - different from healthy controls - vaspin serum levels i...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Saalbach A,Vester K,Rall K,Tremel J,Anderegg U,Beck-Sickinger AG,Blüher M,Simon JC

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acne is the most common inflammatory skin disease, affecting up to 85% of the 11-30 years old world population. Skin microbiota appears as a key player involved in several skin dermatoses physiopathology. Here, we show that inflammatory skin is associated with changes in the skin microbiota composition on the back of ...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Dagnelie MA,Montassier E,Khammari A,Mounier C,Corvec S,Dréno B

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pemphigus vulgaris (PV) is a severe autoimmune blistering disease of the skin and mucous membranes. As autoantibodies play an essential role in the disease pathogenesis, the serological detection of anti-desmoglein 3 IgG represents a central tool in the diagnosis of the disease. In this study, we show the validation o...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Schmidt T,Mauracher S,Bender L,Greene B,Kurzhals J,Eming R,Dostatni R,Hertl M

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:TNF is critically involved in the pathogenesis of psoriasis. TL1A is a TNF-like cytokine, which, after binding to death domain receptor DR3, provides costimulatory signals to lymphocytes, amplifies Th1- and Th17-mediated immune responses and induces apoptotic cell death. These functions are inhibited when TL1A associa...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Bamias G,Evangelou K,Vergou T,Tsimaratou K,Kaltsa G,Antoniou C,Kotsinas A,Kim S,Gorgoulis V,Stratigos AJ,Sfikakis PP

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have shown previously in psoriasis a very high prevalence of epidermodysplasia verruciforms-associated human papillomavirus 5 (EVHPV5) DNA and antibodies to human papillomavirus 5 (HPV5) virus-like particle (VLP) L1, and we suggested that this benign hyperproliferative disorder could be a reservoir for EVHPVs. Here...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Majewski S,Jablonska S

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Th17 cells play crucial roles in the pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases. We previously reported that Th17 cells are recruited to the lesional skin in pemphigus vulgaris (PV) and pemphigus foliaceus (PF). The aim of this study was to evaluate lesional Th17 cells and Treg cells in bullous pemphigoid (BP). Correlations ...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Arakawa M,Dainichi T,Ishii N,Hamada T,Karashima T,Nakama T,Yasumoto S,Tsuruta D,Hashimoto T

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite as yet limited clinical effectiveness, dendritic cell (DC)-based immunotherapy remains a promising approach for the treatment of cancer, but requires further improvement in its immunostimulatory effectiveness. Potent anti-tumor immunity often depends on the induction of type 1 (T(H)1) immune responses. Therefo...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Balkow S,Loser K,Krummen M,Higuchi T,Rothoeft T,Apelt J,Tuettenberg A,Weishaupt C,Beissert S,Grabbe S

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several association studies and GWAS on melanoma skin cancer risk have reported statistically significant signals on 9p21.3 region, where MTAP gene maps. None of the associated SNPs identified in these studies lie in the coding region of the gene and the causative relation of risk alleles with melanoma predisposition ...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Sangalli A,Malerba G,Tessari G,Rodolfo M,Gomez-Lira M

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Decorin is a natural transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1) antagonist. Reduced decorin synthesis is associated with dermal scarring, and increased decorin expression appears to reduce scar tissue formation. To investigate the therapeutic potential of decorin for keloids, human dermal fibroblasts (HDFs) and keloid-der...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Lee WJ,Ahn HM,Roh H,Na Y,Choi IK,Lee JH,Kim YO,Lew DH,Yun CO

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00