Melanoma risk alleles are associated with downregulation of the MTAP gene and hypermethylation of a CpG island upstream of the gene in dermal fibroblasts.

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：:Pemphigus vulgaris (PV) is an autoimmune bullous disease caused by immunoglobulin G (IgG) autoantibodies against desmoglein 3 (Dsg3). We have generated an active disease mouse model for PV by adoptive transfer of Dsg3(-/-) lymphocytes. In this study, we investigated the benefits and limitations of this model as a tool...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Takae Y,Nishikawa T,Amagai M

更新日期：2009-03-01 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：: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：:During aging, increases in the number of senescent cells are seen in various tissues. On the other hand, stem cells play crucial roles in tissue repair and homeostasis. Therefore, it is likely that stem cells give rise to new cells that replace senescent cells. However, how stem cells contribute to homeostasis in the ...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Ohgo S,Hasegawa S,Hasebe Y,Mizutani H,Nakata S,Akamatsu H

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Irradiation with ultraviolet (UV) B light results in the formation of apoptotic keratinocytes called sunburn cells (SC). Although generation of SC appears to be one of the most characteristic features of UV-induced skin damage and has been a well-known phenomenon for a long time, the mechanisms involved are not quite ...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Schwarz A,Mahnke K,Luger TA,Schwarz T

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidermolytic hyperkeratosis (EHK) is a genodermatosis caused by mutations in either the keratin 1 (K1) or keratin 10 (K10) genes, and characterized by erythroderma and blistering at birth, with development of a ribbed, ichthyotic hyperkeratosis and palmoplantar keratoderma. A wide variety of mutations within the high...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Michael EJ,Schneiderman P,Grossman ME,Christiano AM

更新日期：1999-12-01 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：: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：: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：:Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is a highly aggressive neuroendocrine skin cancer which is twice as lethal as melanoma as more than one-third of MCC patients will die from this cancer. Although MCC, which primarily affects elderly and immune suppressed individuals, is very rare to date, its incidence is rapidly increasing...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Houben R,Schrama D,Becker JC

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycosis fungoides and its leukaemic counterpart Sézary syndrome are the most frequent cutaneous T-cell lymphomas (CTCL), and there is no cure for these diseases. We evaluated the effect of clinically approved antihistamines on the growth of CTCL cell lines. CTCL cell lines as well as blood lymphocytes from patients wi...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Döbbeling U,Waeckerle-Men Y,Zabel F,Graf N,Kündig TM,Johansen P

更新日期：2013-02-01 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：:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small non-coding RNA molecules, which function in RNA silencing and post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression. Psoriasis is an inflammatory skin disease characterized by the dysfunction of keratinocytes, with the immune dysregulation. We reviewed the recent studies on the roles of miRNA...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Liu Q,Wu DH,Han L,Deng JW,Zhou L,He R,Lu CJ,Mi QS

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human sebaceous gland possesses all the steroidogenic enzymes required for androgen synthesis. It remains unclear whether the testosterone produced in situ mainly derives from circulating dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) or from de novo synthesis utilizing serum cholesterol. Using testosterone radioimmunoassay, we found ...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Chen W,Tsai SJ,Sheu HM,Tsai JC,Zouboulis CC

更新日期：2010-05-01 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：:In systemic scleroderma (SSc) excessive deposition of collagen leads to fibrosis of various tissues including the skin. Previous studies have demonstrated that scleroderma fibroblasts in explant monolayer cultures are heterogeneous with respect to their levels of collagen synthesis. The critical role played by the ext...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Mauch C,Kozlowska E,Eckes B,Krieg T

更新日期：1992-11-01 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

abstract：:Ultraviolet radiation (UVR) is known to be involved in the initiation and progression of malignant melanoma. Many studies have focused on the initiation of melanoma, but less is known about the effect of UVR on established tumor cells. Here, we show that after ultraviolet-B (UVB) irradiation, melanoma cells (MM) are a...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Gebhardt C,Averbeck M,Viertel A,Kauer F,Saalbach A,Anderegg U,Simon JC

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Second-harmonic-generation (SHG) microscopy is a powerful tool for in vivo visualisation of collagen fibres in human skin because of its specific collagen selectivity without the need for staining, non-invasiveness and high-resolution three-dimensional imaging. Although texture analysis of SHG images is a promising me...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Ogura Y,Tanaka Y,Hase E,Yamashita T,Yasui T

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analysed the correlation between the expression of HIF-1α (hypoxia-inducible factor 1 alpha), the nuclear receptors: VDR (vitamin D receptor), RORα (retinoic acid receptor-related orphan receptor alpha), and RORγ and CYP24A1 (cytochrome P450 family 24 subfamily A member 1) and CYP27B1 (cytochrome P450 family 27 sub...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Brożyna AA,Jóźwicki W,Jetten AM,Slominski AT

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dendritic cells (DCs) show a Janus-like functional behavior. They help us by their orchestration of numerous immune responses to defend our body against invading pathogenic micro-organisms and also induce regulatory T cells to inhibit immune reactions against autoantigens as well as diverse harmless environmental anti...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Schäkel K

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DECORIN is a prototypical member of the small leucine-rich proteoglycan (SLRP) family that plays important roles in numerous biological processes and cellular biological pathways. We previously showed that Decorin expression was highly enhanced in mouse dorsal hair follicles (HFs) during the anagen phase and was reduc...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Zhou L,Jing J,Wang H,Wu X,Lu Z

更新日期：2018-11-01 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：:SHARPIN is an important component of the linear ubiquitin chain assembly complex (LUBAC). Loss of function of SHARPIN results in eosinophilic inflammation in multiple organs including skin with Th2 -dominant cytokines and dysregulated development of lymphoid tissues in mice. The clinicopathological features are simila...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Tang L,Wang J,Zhu J,Liang Y

更新日期：2018-12-01 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：:In a large-scale ageing study, 30 inbred mouse strains were systematically screened for histologic evidence of lesions in all organ systems. Ten strains were diagnosed with similar nail abnormalities. The highest frequency was noted in NON/ShiLtJ mice. Lesions identified fell into two main categories: acute to chronic...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Linn SC,Mustonen AM,Silva KA,Kennedy VE,Sundberg BA,Bechtold LS,Alghamdi S,Hoehndorf R,Schofield PN,Sundberg JP

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are non-haematopoietic cells that reside in most tissues including adult bone marrow. MSCs have recently been extensively studied and used for clinical therapies, including skin wound healing. However, there are still many questions to be answered. In the viewpoint entitled 'Mesenchymal s...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Li X,Hamada T,Ohata C,Furumura M,Hashimoto T

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Volatile organic compounds emitted by human skin were sampled before and after acute barrier disruption of the volar forearm to investigate the significance of this approach to skin physiology research. A small wearable housing integrating a solid-phase micro-extraction fibre permitting rapid enclosed headspace sampli...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Duffy E,Jacobs MR,Kirby B,Morrin A

更新日期：2017-10-01 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