Using the placebo effect: how expectations and learned immune function can optimize dermatological treatments.

abstract：:There are few contradictory studies investigating the involvement of HPV in melanoma. We designed a controlled study to evaluate the HPV DNA prevalence in melanoma. One hundred patients with cutaneous malignant melanoma diagnosed between 2002 and 2006 were included. Complementary wide excision (healthy skin) was perfo...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Ruer JB,Pépin L,Gheit T,Vidal C,Kantelip B,Tommasino M,Prétet JL,Mougin C,Aubin F

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Psoriasis is a chronic skin disease that affects about 1.5% of the Caucasian population and is characterized by typical macroscopic and microscopic skin alterations. Psoriatic lesions are sharply demarcated, red and slightly raised lesions with silver-whitish scales. The microscopic alterations of psoriatic plaques in...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Sabat R,Philipp S,Höflich C,Kreutzer S,Wallace E,Asadullah K,Volk HD,Sterry W,Wolk K

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using the indirect immunohistochemical approach, the occurrence of gamma-melanocyte stimulating hormone (gamma-MSH)-like immunoreactivity in human normal keratinocytes is described. The positive cells were observed in each layer of the epidermis (except stratum corneum) and often, at the level of the stratum spinosum,...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Johansson O,Liu PY

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Skin diseases represent one of the most common work-related diseases and may have a detrimental effect on social, personal and occupational aspects of life. Contact dermatitis (CD), which comprises predominately irritant contact dermatitis (ICD) and allergic contact dermatitis (ACD), accounts for vast majority of occu...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Jakasa I,Thyssen JP,Kezic S

更新日期：2018-08-01 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：:Both CCL27 and CCL28 are ligands for CCR10 and attract CCR10(+) lymphocytes. We previously demonstrated that CCL27 and CCL28 were strongly expressed in sera and lesional keratinocytes of patients with atopic dermatitis and psoriasis vulgaris. However, the regulation of CCL27 and CCL28 production in keratinocytes has n...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Kagami S,Saeki H,Komine M,Kakinuma T,Nakamura K,Tsunemi Y,Sasaki K,Asahina A,Tamaki K

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitric oxide (NO) is a potent intercellular mediator of melanogenesis, whereas metallothionein (MT) is an inducible intracellular antioxidant that has been reported to scavenge NO. We investigated the existence and induction of MT in melanocytes, and its inhibitory effect on NO-induced melanogenesis. The expression of...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Sasaki M,Kizawa K,Igarashi S,Horikoshi T,Uchiwa H,Miyachi Y

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The therapeutic hypothesis proposed by Speeckaert and van Geel in this issue (1) is based on the dramatic effects of the new drugs targeting immune privilege checkpoints (PD1/PDL, CTLA4) in current advanced melanoma therapy as major inductors of vitiligo changes in the skin. Such striking clinical manifestations canno...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Boniface K,Seneschal J,Taïeb A,Merched A

更新日期：2017-07-01 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：:Keloid is a dermal proliferative disorder characterized by the excessive proliferation and migration of keratinocytes and fibroblasts. Over-activation of the serine/threonine protein kinase, mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), plays a pivotal role in the process. Here, we show that both mTOR complex 1 (mTORC1) and m...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Chen J,Liu K,Liu Y,Wang X,Zhang Z

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been suggested that the increased rate of bacterial infection in atopic dermatitis (AD) may be caused by reduced antimicrobial protein (AMP) expression. We were interested whether common treatments in AD affect antimicrobial defense. We investigated the effects of topically applied corticosteroids betamethasone...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Jensen JM,Ahrens K,Meingassner J,Scherer A,Bräutigam M,Stütz A,Schwarz T,Fölster-Holst R,Harder J,Gläser R,Proksch E

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:NC/Nga mice are known to develop scratching dermatitis akin to atopic dermatitis, under conventional (Conv), but not under the specific-pathogen-free (SPF) condition. In this study, we examined the effects of mechanical-scratching on the spontaneous scratching counts (sign of itching), in relation to the cutaneous pro...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

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

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) are ligand-activated transcription factors that modulate the expression of multiple different genes involved in the regulation of lipid, glucose and amino acid metabolism. PPARs and cognate ligands also regulate important cellular functions, including cell proliferat...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Ramot Y,Mastrofrancesco A,Camera E,Desreumaux P,Paus R,Picardo M

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In mammals, the skin can form complex global and local patterns to meet diverse functional requirements in different parts of the body. To date, the fundamental principles that underlie skin patterning remain poorly understood because of the involvement of multiple interacting processes. Genes involved in the planar c...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Chen J,Chuong CM

更新日期：2012-02-01 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：:Lipoxygenases (LOX) and cyclooxygenase (COX) are the main enzymes for PUFA metabolism to highly bio-active prostaglandins, leukotrienes, thromboxanes, lipoxins, resolvins and protectins. LOX and COX pathways are important for the regulation of pro-inflammatory or pro-resolving metabolite synthesis and metabolism for v...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Töröcsik D,Weise C,Gericke J,Szegedi A,Lucas R,Mihaly J,Worm M,Rühl R

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:All species have evolved mechanisms of repair to restore tissue function following injury. Skin scarring is an inevitable and permanent endpoint for many postnatal organisms except for non-amniote vertebrates such as amphibians, which are capable of tissue regeneration. Furthermore, mammalian foetuses through mid-gest...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Ud-Din S,Volk SW,Bayat A

更新日期：2014-09-01 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：:Histamine facilitates development of eczematous lesions in chronic allergic contact dermatitis. In addition to the well-known corticosteroid treatments, H1 receptor (H1R) antagonists also have been used. This study observed effects of histamine H4 receptor (H4R) antagonist usage with H1R antagonist in a murine chronic...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Matsushita A,Seike M,Okawa H,Kadawaki Y,Ohtsu H

更新日期：2012-09-01 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：:For many years, the function of the sebaceous gland (SG) was underestimated and suggested by Albert M. Kligman as a remnant of human development, a 'living fossil with a past but no future'. However, the last two decades of studies and the discovery of neuro-endocrine pathways in skin have determined the importance of...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Nejati R,Skobowiat C,Slominski AT

更新日期：2013-10-01 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：:Ultraviolet (UV) triggers induction of matrix metalloproteinase-1 (MMP-1) and also induces the rapid appearance of p53 protein in the epidermis and dermal fibroblasts. However, little is known about the role of p53 on MMP-1 expression in human skin. Here, we investigated the effects of p53 on basal and UV-induced MMP-...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Kim S,Lee Y,Lee DH,Kim Y,Cho KH,Chung JH

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathogenesis of lichen sclerosus remains unknown. However, it has been frequently associated clinically with autoimmunity. The MHC haplotype A1, B8, DR3 is associated with many autoimmune conditions and has also been associated with the uncommon allele of the tumour necrosis factor (TNF-alpha) promoter polymorphis...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Clay FE,Cork MJ,Wilson AG,Crane AM,Lewis F,Harrington CI,Duff GW

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although several cytokines and chemokines have been investigated as possible mediators of fibrosis in systemic sclerosis (SSc), specific correlation between cytokines and organ involvement have not been found yet, and a cytokine profile characteristic of SSc is far to be identified. We studied the profile of antifibro...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Gonçalves RSG,Pereira MC,Dantas AT,Almeida AR,Rego MJBM,Lima EA,Pitta IDR,Duarte ALBP,Pitta MGDR

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anthralin is a widely used topical anti-psoriatic drug that may have an immunomodulating effect on alopecia areata (AA) as it does in psoriasis. The aims of the present study were to investigate the effects of anthralin on hair growth in balding C3H/HeJ mice affected by an AA-like disease and to study the underlying m...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Tang L,Cao L,Sundberg JP,Lui H,Shapiro J

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to determine whether a broad-spectrum liposomal sunscreen with a very high sun protection factor (Daylong actinica) can prevent damage induced by ultraviolet (UV) irradiation in patients with cutaneous lupus erythematosus (CLE) and healthy controls (HCs) under standardised conditions. In 20 patients w...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Patsinakidis N,Wenzel J,Landmann A,Koch R,Gerß J,Luger TA,Metze D,Surber C,Kuhn A

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent advances in the molecular biology of the dermo-epidermal basement membrane zone have contributed greatly to our understanding of the etiopathogenetic pathways underlying mechanobullous disorders. Genetic linkage was established between the keratin gene clusters and epidermolysis bullosa simplex, and keratin mut...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Bruckner-Tuderman L

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An ex vivo porcine skin model was utilized to analyse the penetration of 5-aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA) contained in a nanoemulsion-based formulation BF-200 ALA (10% 5-ALA-hydrochloride) versus 16% aminolevulinate methyl ester-hydrochloride in a commercially cream (MAL cream) by fluorescence microscopy of their common ...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Maisch T,Santarelli F,Schreml S,Babilas P,Szeimies RM

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review focuses on the photoprotection conferred by lycopene, one of the most potent anti-oxidants. Lycopene has been recently proposed to play a critical role on anticarcinogenic action at different levels. The photoprotective properties of lycopene remain contradictory. Some studies point out a positive and othe...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Ascenso A,Ribeiro H,Marques HC,Oliveira H,Santos C,Simões S

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00