Egr-1 is a key regulator of IL-17A-induced psoriasin upregulation in psoriasis.

abstract：:Seasonal variations can be found in almost any parameter of an organism's biochemistry, physiology, endocrinology, and behaviour. This phenomenon, generally called photoperiodism, results from one of the major functions of the circadian system, i.e. the translation of environmental information into rhythmic intraorgan...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Lang R,Hintner H,Hermann A,Brandstaetter R

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

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：:Chronic pruritus of any origin is a frequent discomfort in daily medical practice, and its therapy is challenging. Frequently, the underlying origin may not be identified and symptomatic therapy is necessary. Conventional treatment modalities such as antihistamines often lack efficacy, and hence new therapeutic strate...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Ständer S,Weisshaar E,Luger TA

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) is involved in the formation of methyl donors, which contribute to DNA methylation. DNA methylation is an essential epigenetic feature playing a critical role in gene regulation and cellular differentiation. In addition, MTHFR activity affects plasma homocysteine l...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Weger W,Hofer A,Stanger O,Wolf P,El-Shabrawi Y,Renner W,Kerl H,Salmhofer W

更新日期：2008-09-01 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：:For almost a quarter of a century, ex vivo studies of human scalp hair follicles (HFs) have permitted major advances in hair research, spanning diverse fields such as chronobiology, endocrinology, immunology, metabolism, mitochondrial biology, neurobiology, pharmacology, pigmentation and stem cell biology. Despite thi...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Langan EA,Philpott MP,Kloepper JE,Paus R

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pemphigus vulgaris (PV) is a regulatory T cell (Treg)-associated autoimmune disease. Treg cells maintain immunosuppression by expressing the signature transcription factor FOXP3. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) have frequently emerged as regulators in Treg-mediated immunosuppression. We previously found that miR-338-3p was overexp...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Xu M,Liu Q,Li S,Zhang W,Huang X,Han K,Li C,Zeng K

更新日期：2020-05-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The capacity of adult hair follicle dermal cells to participate in new follicle induction and regeneration, and to elicit responses from diverse epithelial partners, demonstrates a level of developmental promiscuity and influence far exceeding that of interfollicular fibroblasts. We have recently suggested that adult ...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Gharzi A,Reynolds AJ,Jahoda CA

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ichthyosis follicularis, alopecia and photophobia (IFAP) syndrome is an X-linked genodermatosis with congenital atrichia being the most prominent feature. Recently, we have shown that functional deficiency of MBTPS2 (membrane-bound transcription factor protease site 2) - a zinc metalloprotease essential for cholestero...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Oeffner F,Martinez F,Schaffer J,Salhi A,Monfort S,Oltra S,Neidel U,Bornholdt D,van Bon B,König A,Happle R,Grzeschik KH

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Psychological factors are believed to play a role in the pathogenesis of alopecia areata (AA), a frequently encountered hair disorder. In our study, statistically significant elevation of psychological stress was felt by AA patients prior hair loss compared with control, which was strongly believed contributory to hai...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Kim HS,Cho DH,Kim HJ,Lee JY,Cho BK,Park HJ

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypertrophic scarring is a skin disorder characterized by persistent inflammation and fibrosis that may occur after wounding or thermal injury. Altered production of cytokines and growth factors, such as TGF-beta, play an important role in this process. Activin A, a member of the TGF-beta family, shares the same intra...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Fumagalli M,Musso T,Vermi W,Scutera S,Daniele R,Alotto D,Cambieri I,Ostorero A,Gentili F,Caposio P,Zucca M,Sozzani S,Stella M,Castagnoli C

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Subcutaneous mast cells (MCs) are vulnerable to mechanical stimulation from external environment. Thus, MCs immune function could be modulated by their mechanosensitivity. This property has been identified as the trigger mechanism of needling acupuncture, a traditional oriental therapy. Previously we have demonstrated...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Shen D,Shen X,Schwarz W,Grygorczyk R,Wang L

更新日期：2020-05-01 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：:Type VII collagen is the major component of anchoring fibrils in the epidermal basement membrane. Its expression has been analyzed by immunostaining or Northern blotting, but rarely at the protein level. In this study, we have quantitatively examined the effects of ascorbic acid and various cytokines/growth factors on...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Amano S,Ogura Y,Akutsu N,Nishiyama T

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Skin barrier damage induces various harmful or even protective reactions in the skin, as represented by enhancement of keratinocyte cytokine production. To investigate whether acute removal of stratum corneum modulates the production of chemokines by epidermal cells, we treated ears of BALB/c and C57BL/6 mice by tape-...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Onoue A,Kabashima K,Kobayashi M,Mori T,Tokura Y

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been reported that the abnormal regulation of melanocyte stem cells (McSCs) causes hair greying; however, little is known about the role of McSCs in skin hyperpigmentation such as solar lentigines (SLs). To investigate the involvement of McSCs in SLs, the canonical Wnt signalling pathway that triggers the diffe...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Yamada T,Hasegawa S,Inoue Y,Date Y,Arima M,Yagami A,Iwata Y,Takahashi M,Yamamoto N,Mizutani H,Nakata S,Matsunaga K,Akamatsu H

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The organ culture of human scalp hair follicles (HFs) is the best currently available assay for hair research in the human system. In order to determine the hair growth-modulatory effects of agents in this assay, one critical read-out parameter is the assessment of whether the test agent has prolonged anagen duration ...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Kloepper JE,Sugawara K,Al-Nuaimi Y,Gáspár E,van Beek N,Paus R

更新日期：2010-03-01 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：:Earlier studies showed that dermal cells lose trichogenic capacity with passage, but studies on the effect of keratinocyte passage on human hair follicle neogenesis and graft quality have been hampered by the lack of a suitable model system. We recently documented human hair follicle neogenesis in grafted dermal-epide...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Thangapazham RL,Klover P,Li S,Wang JA,Sperling L,Darling TN

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Itch is often regarded as unpleasant or bothersome and is accompanied by symptoms of distress and impairments in daily life. The biopsychosocial model of chronic itch describes how psychological factors can contribute to the improvement or exacerbation of chronic itch and related scratching behaviour. Recent research ...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Evers AWM,Peerdeman KJ,van Laarhoven AIM

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic pruritus (CP) is defined by itching lasting 6 weeks or more and is known to be both a highly prevalent and burdensome symptom of many pruritogenic diseases. Its status as a symptom has many implications mainly that the symptom should evolve and subside with the disease. However, according to the clinical exper...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Ständer S

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dendritic cells (DCs) can be differentiated from CD14+ monocytes in the presence of interferon-α (IFNα) and granulocyte/macrophage-colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF) in vitro and are known as IFN-DCs. Circulating blood CD56+ cells expressing high levels of CD14, HLA-DR and CD86 have been shown to spontaneously differe...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Nieda M,Terunuma H,Eiraku Y,Deng X,Nicol AJ

更新日期：2015-01-01 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：:Current gold standard lower extremity cutaneous wound management is not always effective. Cutaneous wounds generate a "current of injury" which is directly involved in wound healing processes. Application of exogenous electrical stimulation has been hypothesised to imitate the natural electric current that occurs in c...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Ashrafi M,Alonso-Rasgado T,Baguneid M,Bayat A

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2018, Schneider and Zouboulis analysed the available tools for studying sebaceous gland pathophysiology in vitro. Since then, the interest in this field remains unbroken, as demonstrated by recent reviews on sebaceous gland physiology, endocrinology and neurobiology, the role of sebaceous glands beyond acne, and se...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Zouboulis CC,Yoshida GJ,Wu Y,Xia L,Schneider MR

更新日期：2020-09-02 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：: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：:Interleukin-1 alpha (IL-1 alpha), interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta) and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) are 3 cytokines that play a key rôle in cutaneous homeostasis and in the immunopathogenesis of a number of dermatologic diseases. Most studies have focused on their production by keratinocytes and Langerhans ce...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Boehm KD,Yun JK,Strohl KP,Elmets CA

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Portulaca oleracea extracts, known as Ma Chi Hyun in the traditional Korean medicine, show a variety of biomedical efficacies including those in anti-inflammation and anti-allergy. In this study, we investigate the protective activity of the P. oleracea extracts against UVB-induced damage in human epithelial keratinoc...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Lee S,Kim KH,Park C,Lee JS,Kim YH

更新日期：2014-10-01 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