Variable Bax antigenicity is linked to keratinocyte position within epidermal strata and UV-induced apoptosis.

abstract：:Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) play a critical role in various pathological conditions including cutaneous inflammation. Thus far, serial assessment of MMP activity in ongoing inflammation is hampered due to technical limitations. Here, we present an innovative method for longitudinal detection of MMP activity by in...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Steingräber AK,Schelhaas S,Faust A,Jacobs AH,Schäfers M,Goerge T

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Psoriasis is a chronic immune-mediated skin disease in which the balance in the interplay of immune cells and keratinocytes is disturbed. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are endogenous small regulatory RNAs that stabilize cellular phenotypes and fine-tune signal transduction feedback loops through the regulation of gene networks. ...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Pivarcsi A,Ståhle M,Sonkoly E

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignant melanoma is a tumor characterized by the uncontrolled proliferation of melanocytes, mainly in skin, but also in eyes. Its incidence is rising each year. To improve the diagnosis and treatment of the tumor, it is essential to develop new effective methods to early detect and characterize melanoma. Previously,...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Godechal Q,Leveque P,Marot L,Baurain JF,Gallez B

更新日期：2012-05-01 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

abstract：:Nitric oxide (NO) is a reactive endogenous molecule with multiple functions including inflammation and immunity. NO stimulates melanogenesis by activating soluble guanylyl cyclase (sGC) resulting in increases in intracellular guanosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cGMP). In vitro experiments showed that NO could inhibi...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Ivanova K,van den Wijngaard R,Gerzer R,Lamers WH,Das PK

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mastocytosis represents a group of disorders characterized by the proliferation and accumulation of mast cells in tissue. The aim of the present study was to examine whether the interstitial histamine concentration in the skin is increased in mastocytosis patients and whether it correlates with the number of mast cell...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Krogstad AL,Roupe G

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the therapeutic mechanism of PUVA in psoriasis vulgaris, the effects of PUVA on activated T lymphocytes were investigated in vitro. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) obtained from healthy volunteers were activated with Con A stimulation (Con A blasts). Both untreated PBMC and Con A blasts were irr...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Urano K,Matsuyama T,Urano R,Matsuo I,Habu S

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Somatostatin (SST) is a regulatory peptide hormone that acts through five different G protein-coupled receptors (SSTR1-5). Whereas expression of all five SSTR subtypes in epidermis has been shown, the biological relevance of the SST/SSTR system in the skin is completely unknown. We show here that SST is expressed in h...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Vockel M,Breitenbach U,Kreienkamp HJ,Brandner JM

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wool fibres are hairs and the term 'wool' is usually restricted to describe the fine curly hairs that constitute the fleece produced by sheep. In a broader sense, it can be used to describe the fleeces produced by related species such as goat or yak. Research into the biology of wool growth and the structure of the wo...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Rogers GE

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Corticotropin releasing factor, adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) and alpha-melanocyte stimulating hormone either inhibit or enhance in a dose-dependent fashion an interleukin-4 (IL-4) driven human IgE synthesis in vitro. Here, we show that culture conditions strongly influence the earlier observed dose- and donor-de...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Aebischer I,Stämpfli MR,Miescher S,Horn M,Zürcher AW,Stadler BM

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stratum corneum (SC) exposed to living tissues, induces inflammation characterized by the formation of mixed cell granulomas consisting of infiltrative polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs) and monocytes/macrophages. In this study, to clarify the mechanism for the later monocyte accumulation in SC-induced granulomas, we...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Ozawa M,Terui T,Tanita M,Kato T,Tagami H

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Melasma is a frequent pigmentary disorder caused by abnormal melanin deposits in the skin. In vivo reflectance confocal microscopy (RCM) is a repetitive imaging tool that provides real-time images of the skin at nearly histological resolution. As melanin is the strongest endogenous contrast in human skin, pigmentary d...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Kang HY,Bahadoran P,Suzuki I,Zugaj D,Khemis A,Passeron T,Andres P,Ortonne JP

更新日期：2010-08-01 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：: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：:Chemical haptens induce a variety of allergic immune reactions by induction of hapten-specific T cells. Contact sensitizers such as the hapten trinitrochlorobenzene (TNCB) elicit an allergic response, which is confined to the area of antigen exposure. Despite this localized allergic response, we show here that the tri...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Martin S,Delattre V,Leicht C,Weltzien HU,Simon JC

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The generation of a robust CD8(+) cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) response is a key feature of many immunotherapeutic strategies against epithelial tumors and virally infected epithelial tissue. However, surprisingly few studies have addressed whether primary epithelial cells, expressing defined endogenous antigens, are ...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Zhou F,Frazer IH,Leggatt GR

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The generation of reactive oxygen species is among the various mechanisms by which ultraviolet radiation damages skin. Tempol, a superoxide dismutase analogue which readily penetrates cell membranes when administered exogenously, has been shown to provide protection against some forms of oxygen-dependent damage. In th...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Bernstein EF,Kong SK,Brown DB,Kwak BC,Takeuchi T,Gasparro FP,Uitto J

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cowden syndrome (CS) is an autosomal dominant inherited disorder characterized by hamartomas in a variety of tissues including the skin, thyroid, breast, endometrium, and the brain. Individuals with CS are predisposed to development of malignancy in these organs, especially the breast and the thyroid. We describe 3 un...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Celebi JT,Ping XL,Zhang H,Remington T,Sulica VI,Tsou HC,Peacocke M

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Allergen-induced emigration and maturation of dendritic cells (DC) are pivotal steps in sparking off allergic contact dermatitis. In vitro models, reflecting these steps, may provide tools for assessment of sensitizing capacities of putative contact allergens. Here, we evaluated the applicability of such models for a ...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Rustemeyer T,Preuss M,von Blomberg BM,Das PK,Scheper RJ

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pachyonychia congenita type 1 (PC-1) is an autosomal dominant ectodermal dysplasia characterized by hypertrophic nail dystrophy, focal non-epidermolytic palmoplantar keratoderma and variable features of oral leukokeratosis and follicular keratosis. Previously, we have shown that this disease can be caused by mutations...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Smith FJ,McKenna KE,Irvine AD,Bingham EA,Coleman CM,Uitto J,McLean WH

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a novel non-invasive imaging technique for in vivo histologic characterization of tissues. Besides pure morphology, additional functional parameters of the tissue investigated can be evaluated at the same time, such as the refractive index and the scattering coefficient. The purpo...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： de Giorgi V,Stante M,Massi D,Mavilia L,Cappugi P,Carli P

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultra-violet B (UVB)-induced oxidative stress crucially perturbs the epidermal homeostasis, and the skin is endowed with protective mechanisms to take action against such damage. Here, we show the possible involvement of t-SNARE protein syntaxin3, a membrane fusion mediator of cytoplasmic vesicles, and which is releas...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Miyazaki T,Kadono N,Konishi Y,Hagiwara N,Maekubo K,Hirai Y

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:5-methoxypsoralen (5-MOP) is considered an alternative to 8-methoxypsoralen (8-MOP) for photochemotherapy of psoriasis. We have compared the clinical efficacy and tolerability of 5-MOP (1.2 mg/kg)-UVA versus 8-MOP (0.6 mg/kg)-UVA therapy in 25 patients of skin type III and IV, affected by relapsing plaque-type psorias...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Calzavara-Pinton P,Ortel B,Carlino A,Honigsmann H,De Panfilis G

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study assessed the molecular mechanism underlying ultraviolet (UV) B radiation-induced inhibition of the expression of the adhesion molecule ICAM-1 in human antigen-presenting cells (APC). UVB radiation-induced inhibition of ICAM-I expression in human peripheral blood monocytes was associated with the gene...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Grewe M,Stege H,Vink A,Klammer M,Ruzicka T,Roza L,Krutmann J

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultraviolet B (UVB) radiation induces inflammation in the skin specifically at the site of exposure. We unexpectedly found that UVB-induced inflammation was not induced in gp91phox-depleted mice. To test whether gp91phox is directly involved in UVB-induced inflammation, neutrophil- and hyaluronic acid-depleted mice we...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Hiramoto K,Kobayashi H,Yamate Y,Ishii M,Sato EF

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously reported that mesenchymal cells (dermal fibroblasts and dermal papilla cells) can stimulate dopa oxidase activity in the skin melanocytes. This study extends the investigation of the influence of the fibroblast in a comparative study of melanogenesis in melanocytes from the hair, the skin and the eye. Cu...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Balafa C,Smith-Thomas L,Phillips J,Moustafa M,George E,Blount M,Nicol S,Westgate G,MacNeil S

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using in situ hybridization, human hair keratin basic 1 (hHb1) gene expression was investigated in human normal scalp. hHb1 transcripts were specifically detected in the cortical cells of hair shaft but neither in the outer and inner root sheaths, nor in the hair cuticle or the medulla. hHb1 expression was detected st...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Régnier CH,Asch PH,Grosshans E,Rio MC

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Opioids exert major effects not only in the central nervous system but also in immune responses. We investigated the effects of μ-opioid peptides, secreted by tumor cells, on anti-tumor immune responses. For this purpose, tumor growth was studied in wild-type and μ-opioid receptor-deficient (MOR-/-) mice injected with...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Boehncke S,Hardt K,Schadendorf D,Henschler R,Boehncke WH,Duthey B

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE), a heritable multi-system disorder, is caused by mutations in the ABCC6 gene primarily expressed in the liver. Recent analysis of cultured fibroblasts from patients with PXE has suggested compensatory alterations in the expression of the ABCA-subfamily of genes. We have now determined by...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Li Q,Uitto J

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a complex autoimmune connective tissue disease combining inflammatory, vasculopathic and fibrotic manifestations. Skin features, which give their name to the disease and are considered as diagnostic as well as prognostic markers, have not been thoroughly investigated in terms of therapeutic...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Henrot P,Truchetet ME,Fisher G,Taïeb A,Cario M

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00