Melanoma never says die.

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：:Unpredictable hypertrophic scarring (HS) occurs after approximately 35% of all surgical procedures and causes significant physical and psychological complaints. Parallel to the need to understanding the mechanisms underlying HS formation, a prognostic tool is needed. The objective was to determine whether (systemic) i...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： de Bakker E,van der Putten MAM,Heymans MW,Spiekstra SW,Waaijman T,Butzelaar L,Negenborn VL,Beekman VK,Akpinar EO,Rustemeyer T,Niessen FB,Gibbs S

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Keloids are fibrous overgrowth induced by cutaneous injury. The pathogenesis of keloids is poorly understood, and no convincing animal model exists. Current hypotheses of the pathogenesis classify keloids as an entity of aberrant fibrosis. Hyperactivation of the MCP-1/CCR2 axis reportedly causes fibrosis in liver cirr...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Liao WT,Yu HS,Arbiser JL,Hong CH,Govindarajan B,Chai CY,Shan WJ,Lin YF,Chen GS,Lee CH

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Keratinocyte apoptosis mediated by Fas/Fas ligand molecular interactions and subsequent caspase activation is believed to play an important role in the pathogenesis of atopic dermatitis (AD), in particular for the formation of spongiosis. To estimate epidermal caspase activation in normal and AD skin under in vivo con...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Simon D,Lindberg RL,Kozlowski E,Braathen LR,Simon HU

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chromatin-IgG complexes appear as electron dense structures (EDS) in glomerular basement membranes in lupus nephritis. Here, we present results of comparative analyses of the composition of EDS in murine lupus dermatitis and nephritis. One focus was to perform an analytical approach to understand why such complex stru...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Hedberg A,Fismen S,Fenton KA,Mortensen ES,Rekvig OP

更新日期：2010-08-01 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：: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：:A significant proportion of patients with skin disease do not respond to treatment and adverse drug reactions are a common problem. Genetic factors are important determinants for both drug efficacy and toxicity. The fields of pharmacogenetics and pharmacogenomics examine inter-individual variations in the DNA sequence...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Pincelli C,Pignatti M,Borroni RG

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:More than 40 null mutations in the filaggrin (FLG) gene are described. It is therefore possible to find two different null mutations in one individual (compound heterozygosity). It has been generally perceived that homozygous and compound heterozygous individuals were genotypically comparable; however, this has not be...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Carlsen BC,Meldgaard M,Johansen JD,Thyssen JP,Menné T,Szecsi PB,Stender S

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The miRNA expression profiles of skin biopsies from 14 primary cutaneous anaplastic large cell lymphoma (C-ALCL) patients were analysed with miRNA microarrays using the same control group of 12 benign inflammatory dermatoses (BID) as previously used to study the miRNA expression profile of tumor-stage mycosis fungoide...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Benner MF,Ballabio E,van Kester MS,Saunders NJ,Vermeer MH,Willemze R,Lawrie CH,Tensen CP

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leukotrienes constitute a group of lipid mediators, which may be subdivided into two groups, with leukotriene B4 on the one hand and cysteinyl leukotrienes on the other. Although leukotrienes are abundantly expressed in skin affected by diverse chronic inflammatory diseases, including atopic dermatitis, psoriasis, pem...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Sadik CD,Sezin T,Kim ND

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The transplantation of allogeneic cells such as pancreatic islet cells, bone marrow, and keratinocytes for skin replacement is in growing use clinically. Present techniques which are used to distinguish transplanted allogeneic cells from phenotypically identical host cells in chimeric tissue have serious limitations. ...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Young DM,Summers WC,Cuono CB

更新日期：1993-02-01 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：:Antimicrobial peptides and proteins (AMP) are highly active molecules with a broad-spectrum of microbicidal activity. Human beta-defensins (hBD)-2 and hBD-3 were initially isolated from psoriatic-scale extracts, and other AMP have been identified in high concentrations in psoriatic skin explaining the uncommonness of ...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Steinz K,Schubert S,Harder J,Gerdes S,Mrowietz U,Gläser R

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to evaluate experimentally whether administration of recombinant (rh) vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) can protect skin flaps from necrosis and to study the optimum mode of rh-VEGF administration. We used rats to study the effects of local or systemic administration of rh-VEGF...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Scalise A,Tucci MG,Lucarini G,Giantomassi F,Orlando F,Pierangeli M,Pugnaloni A,Bertani A,Ricotti G,Biagini G

更新日期：2004-11-01 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：:We have previously reported that lymph node cells generated chemotactic factors for Langerhans cells (LCs) in the induction phase of contact dermatitis. In order to clarify the chemotactic factors involved in migration to the regional lymph nodes, we investigated the migratory activity of murine LCs toward several cyt...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Yamazaki S,Yokozeki H,Satoh T,Katayama I,Nishioka K

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of placebo and nocebo effects-that is positive or negative treatment effects that are entirely a consequence of the patient's expectations and beliefs about a treatment outcome in terms of efficacy, safety, usability or side effects-has been shown for almost all types of diseases and physiological response sy...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Evers AW

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammation is a crucial step in the development of allergic contact dermatitis. The primary contact with chemical allergens, called sensitization, and the secondary contact, called elicitation, result in an inflammatory response in the skin. The ability of contact allergens to induce allergic contact dermatitis corr...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Lass C,Merfort I,Martin SF

更新日期：2010-11-01 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：: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 ethanolic extract of Resina Draconis (RDEE) has been reported beneficial to normal wound healing yielding more regularly arranged collagen fibres. Loureirin B, a major component in RDEE, has been supposed to be effective on the prevention and treatment of pathological scars. To investigate the therapeutic effects ...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Bai X,He T,Liu J,Wang Y,Fan L,Tao K,Shi J,Tang C,Su L,Hu D

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The adoptive transfer of engineered T cells represents an important approach in immunotherapy of melanoma. However, relapse of the tumor can occur due to immune-escape mechanisms developed by the tumor cells, for example antigen loss, downregulation of the major histocompatibility complex presentation machinery and de...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Uslu U,Schuler G,Dörrie J,Schaft N

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inter-α-trypsin inhibitors are protease inhibitors that are thought to be important regulators in various acute-phase processes. They are composed of one light chain (bikunin) and different heavy chains (ITIHs). The only function known so far of ITIHs is the covalent linkage to hyaluronan (HA). As there is virtually n...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Huth S,Heise R,Vetter-Kauczok CS,Skazik C,Marquardt Y,Czaja K,Knüchel R,Merk HF,Dahl E,Baron JM

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Irradiation of human keratinocytes with UVB (280-320 nm) in vitro and in vivo activates the metabolism of 7-dehydrocholesterol to hormonally active calcitriol. The production of calcitriol in the skin strongly depends on the photosynthesis of vitamin D(3) which is biologically inactive in the first instance. Vitamin D...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Lehmann B

更新日期：2009-02-01 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：:Patients with the blistering disease, epidermolysis bullosa (EB), frequently suffer from chronic wounds that become colonized by pathogenic bacteria, such as Staphylococcus aureus. To determine S. aureus colonization rates in patients with EB, swabs were collected from the anterior nares, throats and wounds of 52 Dutc...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： van der Kooi-Pol MM,Veenstra-Kyuchukova YK,Duipmans JC,Pluister GN,Schouls LM,de Neeling AJ,Grundmann H,Jonkman MF,van Dijl JM

更新日期：2012-06-01 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：:The high-frequency electrical conductance of tape-stripped human skin in vivo can be used to evaluate the hydration profile of Stratum corneum (SC). Tape-stripping provides access to the underlying SC layers, and the conductance of these layers (as measured by the Skicon instrument) correlates well with their water co...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Boncheva M,de Sterke J,Caspers PJ,Puppels GJ

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atopic dermatitis (AD) is related to immunoglobulin E (IgE) production, and a type-1 and type-2 helper T cell (Th1/Th2) imbalance has been hypothesized as the aetiology. While itching and scratching are important factors in the development of dermatitis, the mechanisms underlying these phenomena are poorly understood....

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Hashimoto Y,Takaoka A,Sugimoto M,Honma Y,Sakurai T,Futaki N,Arai I

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00