Gamma-melanocyte stimulating hormone (gamma-MSH)-like immunoreactivity is present in certain normal human keratinocytes.

abstract：:Proteoglycans have been suggested to play pivotal roles in hair biology. Decorin is a prototypical member of the small leucine-rich proteoglycan family, which is involved in numerous biological processes. However, the role of decorin in the hair cycle has not been elucidated. Moreover, the effects of decorin on the ac...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Inui S,Itami S

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Delayed wound healing is one of the major complications in diabetes and is characterized by chronic proinflammatory response, and abnormalities in angiogenesis and collagen deposition. Sirtuin family proteins regulate numerous pathophysiological processes, including those involved in promotion of longevity, DNA repair...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Thandavarayan RA,Garikipati VN,Joladarashi D,Suresh Babu S,Jeyabal P,Verma SK,Mackie AR,Khan M,Arumugam S,Watanabe K,Kishore R,Krishnamurthy P

更新日期：2015-10-01 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：:Despite the increasing use of gene transfer strategies in the study of cellular and molecular biology, melanoma cells have remained difficult to transfect in a safe, efficient, and reproducible manner. In the present study, we report the successful use of nucleofector technology to transfect human melanoma cell lines....

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Han SY,Gai W,Yancovitz M,Osman I,Di Como CJ,Polsky D

更新日期：2008-05-01 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：:Reverse transcriptase qPCR is the most common method to determine and compare mRNA expression levels and relies on normalization using reference genes. The expression levels of the latter, however, are themselves often variable between experimental conditions, thus compromising the results. Using the geNorm algorithm,...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Braun A,Sezin T,Bezdek S,Doxastaki I,Zillikens D,Busch HS,Sadik CD

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidermal gene therapy may benefit a variety of inherited skin disorders and certain systemic diseases. Both in vivo and ex vivo approaches of gene transfer have been used to target human epidermal stem cells and achieve long-term transgene expression in immunodeficient mouse/human chimera models. Immunological respon...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Lu Z,Ghazizadeh S

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have demonstrated that keratinocytes closely participate in sensory transduction, and therefore, intra-epidermal free nerve endings are not exclusive transducers of pain. This discovery implies the existence of close afferent communication from keratinocytes to sensory neurons. Although reciprocal inter...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Talagas M,Lebonvallet N,Leschiera R,Marcorelles P,Misery L

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is widely recognized that tobacco smoke causes skin pigmentation. No studies, however, have directly evaluated the mechanisms of the changes in smoker's skin pigmentation. In this study, when cultured with water-soluble tobacco smoke extract, the human epidermal melanocytes grew to a large size and produced more me...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Nakamura M,Ueda Y,Hayashi M,Kato H,Furuhashi T,Morita A

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A feature of black African hair is an apparent increased fragility of the hair shaft compared to other ethnic groups (as measured by the tensile force needed to break the hair fibre). This has certain similarities to that reported for trichorrhexis nodosa (weathering secondary to physical damage) and trichothiodystrop...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Khumalo NP,Dawber RP,Ferguson DJ

更新日期：2005-04-01 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：:Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory disease, and microRNAs have been reported to regulate the pathogenesis of psoriasis. Up-regulated miR-744-3p level was identified to associate with psoriasis while the precise functions of miR-744-3p in psoriasis were not well-elucidated. We first confirmed the up-regulation of miR-...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Wang C,Zong J,Li Y,Wang X,Du W,Li L

更新日期：2019-03-01 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：:Insulin-like growth factor 1 (Igf1) is important for skin development and homoeostasis. However, overexpression and inactivation studies have produced variable findings regarding its role in hair follicle (HF) biology. Here, we studied a conditional and inducible knockout of the Igf1 receptor (Igf1r) in keratin 15-exp...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Castela M,Linay F,Roy E,Moguelet P,Xu J,Holzenberger M,Khosrotehrani K,Aractingi S

更新日期：2017-09-01 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：:The p53 gene is mutated in numerous human cancers. We used it as a molecular target to characterize and try to understand the induction of mutations in human skin cancers. About 40-50% of all skin cancers in normal individuals and 60-80% of the DNA-repair-deficient xeroderma pigmentosum patients exhibit p53 mutations....

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Sarasin A,Giglia-Mari G

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While the central role of mast cells (MC) in allergy and inflammation is well-appreciated, much less is known about their physiological functions. The impressive battery of potent growth modulatory MC products, and increasing evidence of MC involvement in hyperproliferative and fibrotic disorders suggest that tissue r...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Maurer M,Paus R,Czarnetzki BM

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well known that the trigger for actinic keratosis (AK) mainly depends on UV exposure. We evaluated the effects of long-term use of sunscreen on the histopathological and dermoscopic changes of AK in aged patients. Eighteen months use of sunscreen produced no change in the number of actinic keratoses or the advan...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Kunimoto K,Furukawa F,Uede M,Mizuno M,Yamamoto Y

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Keratinocytes (KCs) play a critical role in maintaining the cutaneous structure and are involved in various physiological and pathologic processes of the skin. Many inflammatory skin diseases and skin cancers result from excessive proliferation and insufficient apoptosis of KCs. Recent data suggested that the sonic he...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Liu H,Jian Q,Xue K,Ma C,Xie F,Wang R,Liao W,Liu Y,Chi S,Li C

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CD44 is a family of cell-surface receptors on human lymphocytes that act as co-stimulatory molecules leading to the induction of effector functions in T cells. We have analyzed primary cutaneous malignant melanomas with clinical and histologic signs of tumor regression using immunohistochemistry and observed the predo...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Weimann TK,Wagner C,Goos M,Wagner SN

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the lack of protective melanin and increased oxidative stress due to mM concentrations of epidermal H2O2 in vitiligo, there is no significantly increased risk for chronic actinic damage and non-melanoma skin cancer. Therefore the question arises, which protective mechanisms could be involved in the skin of the...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Schallreuter KU,Behrens-Williams S,Khaliq TP,Picksley SM,Peters EM,Marles LK,Westerhof W,Miehe B,Fanghänel J

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we analysed the modulation of keratinocyte growth factor (KGF) mRNA expression in human dermal fibroblasts cultured either in monolayer or within a collagen matrix (dermal equivalent). In monolayer cultures, KGF expression by quiescent fibroblasts was stimulated by different growth substances such as se...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Le Panse R,Bouchard B,Lebreton C,Coulomb B

更新日期：1996-04-01 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：:The proliferative responses of cells to mitogens decrease during aging, and this may result from age-related defects in signal transduction in response to mitogens. In this study, we have investigated the age-related alteration of responses to epidermal growth factor (EGF) in cultured human keratinocytes that were sen...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Shi B,Isseroff RR

更新日期：2005-07-01 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：: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：BACKGROUND:In vivo reflectance confocal microscopy (RCM) represents a promising imaging tool that allows a non-invasive examination of skin morphology in real time at nearly histological resolution, showing microanatomical structures and individual cells. OBJECTIVES:The aim of our study was to evaluate the diagnostic ...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Koller S,Gerger A,Ahlgrimm-Siess V,Weger W,Smolle J,Hofmann-Wellenhof R

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Type XVII collagen (COL17) is a transmembrane protein expressed in the basal epidermis. COL17 serves as a niche for epidermal stem cells, and although its reduction has been implicated in altering cell polarity and ageing of the epidermis, it is unknown how COL17 affects epidermal cell polarity. Here, we uncovered COL...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Watanabe M,Kosumi H,Osada SI,Takashima S,Wang Y,Nishie W,Oikawa T,Hirose T,Shimizu H,Natsuga K

更新日期：2021-01-01 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：: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