abstract：:Congenital melanocytic nevi (CMN) are benign proliferations that may be associated with various consequences depending on their size. They are characterized by a specific molecular signature, namely a postzygotic somatic NRAS or BRAF mutation. We have recently reported that large CMN (lCMN), which are classically asso...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Guégan S,Kadlub N,Picard A,Rouillé T,Charbel C,Coulomb-L'Hermine A,How-Kit A,Fraitag S,Aractingi S,Fontaine RH

更新日期：2016-10-01 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：:Ultraviolet (UV) irradiation on skin triggers photoageing-related phenotypes such as formation of wrinkles. UV ray upregulates matrix metalloproteinase-1 (MMP-1), which in turn degrades extracellular matrix proteins, mostly collagens. Serum amyloid A1 (SAA1) is an acute-phase protein of which plasma concentration incr...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Han S,Jin SP,Oh JH,Seo EY,Park CH,Yoon HS,Lee DH,Chung JH

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycyrrhizic acid (GA), a natural triterpene, has received attention as an agent that has protective effects against chronic diseases including ultraviolet UV-B-induced skin photodamage. However, the mechanism of its protective effect remains elusive. Here, we used an immortalized human keratinocyte cell line (HaCaT) ...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Afnan Q,Kaiser PJ,Rafiq RA,Nazir LA,Bhushan S,Bhardwaj SC,Sandhir R,Tasduq SA

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is not clear whether TNF-α antagonists used in the treatment of psoriasis need to act systemically, or whether local inhibition of skin-produced TNF-α would be sufficient to silence skin inflammation. To answer this question, we conducted two multicentre, double-blinded, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical tria...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Tsianakas A,Brunner PM,Ghoreschi K,Berger C,Loser K,Röcken M,Stingl G,Luger T,Jung T

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are thought to have various functions other than RNA silencing. We tried to evaluate the expression of lncRNAs in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) and determined whether lncRNAs controls collagen expression in dermal fibroblasts. lncRNA expression was determined by real-time PCR an...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Wang Z,Jinnin M,Nakamura K,Harada M,Kudo H,Nakayama W,Inoue K,Nakashima T,Honda N,Fukushima S,Ihn H

更新日期：2016-02-01 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：:Electrical stimulation is being used in variable skin therapeutic conditions. There have been clinical studies demonstrating the positive effect of electrical stimuli on hair regrowth. However, the underlying exact mechanism and optimal parameter settings are not clarified yet. To investigate the effects of different ...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Sohn KM,Jeong KH,Kim JE,Park YM,Kang H

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A two-stage genomewide association (GWA) analysis was conducted to investigate the genetic factors influencing ultraviolet (UV)-induced skin pigmentation in Korean females after UV exposure. Previously, a GWA study evaluating ~500 000 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in 99 Korean females identified eight SNPs th...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Kwak TJ,Chang YH,Shin YA,Shin JM,Kim JH,Lim SK,Lee SH,Lee MG,Yoon TJ,Kim CD,Lee JH,Koh JS,Seo YK,Chang MY,Lee Y

更新日期：2015-12-01 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：:Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) has become a mainstay in many areas of skin research. To enable quantitative analysis, it is necessary to analyse expression of reference genes (RGs) for normalization of target gene expression. The selection of reliable RGs therefore has an important impact on...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Beer L,Mlitz V,Gschwandtner M,Berger T,Narzt MS,Gruber F,Brunner PM,Tschachler E,Mildner M

更新日期：2015-10-01 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：:Claudins (Cldn) are the major components of tight junctions (TJs) sealing the paracellular cleft in tissue barriers of various organs. Zebrafish Cldnb, the homolog of mammalian Cldn4, is expressed at epithelial cell-cell contacts and is important for regulating epidermal permeability. The bacterial toxin Clostridium p...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Zhang J,Ni C,Yang Z,Piontek A,Chen H,Wang S,Fan Y,Qin Z,Piontek J

更新日期：2015-08-01 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：:The outcome of a cutaneous immune response is critically dependent upon the ability of dendritic cells (DC) to migrate from skin to the draining lymph nodes - a process that is influenced by the cutaneous tissue microenvironment. Here, the role of fibroblasts - a major component of the dermal microenvironment - on the...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Saalbach A,Janik T,Busch M,Herbert D,Anderegg U,Simon JC

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemokines are small chemotactic proteins that have a crucial role in leukocyte recruitment into tissue. Targeting these mediators has been suggested as a potential therapeutic option in inflammatory skin diseases such as psoriasis. Using quantitative RT-PCR, we found CCL7, a chemokine ligand known to interact with mu...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Brunner PM,Glitzner E,Reininger B,Klein I,Stary G,Mildner M,Uhrin P,Sibilia M,Stingl G

更新日期：2015-07-01 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：:Dermal mast cells protect the skin from inflammatory effects of ultraviolet (UV) radiation and are required for UV-induced immune suppression. We sought to determine a potential mechanistic role of mast cells in reducing the sensitivity to UV radiation (i.e. phototolerance induction) through photohardening. We adminis...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Schweintzger NA,Bambach I,Reginato E,Mayer G,Limón-Flores AY,Ullrich SE,Byrne SN,Wolf P

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quercetin, glycosylated form of flavonoid compound, has potent antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. In this study, we have investigated the effects of quercetin on skin lesion, high-mobility group box (HMGB)1 cascade signalling and inflammation in atopic dermatitis (AD) mouse model. AD-like lesion was induced...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Karuppagounder V,Arumugam S,Thandavarayan RA,Pitchaimani V,Sreedhar R,Afrin R,Harima M,Suzuki H,Nomoto M,Miyashita S,Suzuki K,Nakamura M,Watanabe K

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary cutaneous large B-cell lymphomas, leg type (PCLBCL/LT) are primary cutaneous B-cell lymphoma (PCBCL) with an intermediate prognosis. Therefore, antracycline-based polychemotherapy combined with rituximab has been recommended as first-line treatment. Yet, despite this regimen, the 5-year survival rate remains 5...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Teichert M,Stumpf C,Booken N,Wobser M,Nashan D,Hallermann C,Mogler C,Müller CS,Becker JC,Moritz RK,Andrulis M,Nicolay JP,Goerdt S,Thomas M,Klemke CD,Augustin HG,Felcht M

更新日期：2015-06-01 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：:Inherited skin fragility comprises disorders characterized by mechanical induced blistering and erosions within the skin and mucosal membranes as a consequence of mutations in genes encoding proteins involved in intra-epidermal or dermal-epidermal adhesion. As the molecular pathology is largely known, it is a prototyp...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Has C,Kiritsi D

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human follicle dermal papilla cells (FDPC) are a specialized population of mesenchymal cells located in the skin. They regulate hair follicle (HF) development and growth, and represent a reservoir of multipotent stem cells. Growing evidence supports the hypothesis that HF cycling is associated with vascular remodeling...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Bassino E,Gasparri F,Giannini V,Munaron L

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) has been shown to have an important role in skin barrier function by regulating differentiation and lipid synthesis in keratinocytes. Oat (Avena sativa) has long been used as a soothing agent to relieve skin irritations, and the clinical benefits of top...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Chon SH,Tannahill R,Yao X,Southall MD,Pappas A

更新日期：2015-04-01 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：:Despite recent success in melanoma therapy, most patients with metastatic disease still undergo deadly progression. We have identified a novel mechanism of multidrug resistance allowing a small subpopulation of slow-cycling melanoma cells to survive based on elevated oxidative bioenergy metabolism. In this study, we a...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Cierlitza M,Chauvistré H,Bogeski I,Zhang X,Hauschild A,Herlyn M,Schadendorf D,Vogt T,Roesch A

更新日期：2015-02-01 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：:Diminished suppressive capacity of regulatory T cells (Treg) has been demonstrated in blood and in lesional skin of psoriatic patients. Treatment with anti-TNFα restored the number and function of circulating Treg in psoriasis. We aimed to study Treg in the skin of psoriatic patients undergoing topical treatment with ...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Keijsers RR,Joosten I,Hendriks AG,Koenen HJ,van Erp PE,van de Kerkhof PC

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adipose tissue encircles the lower portion of anagen hair follicles and may regulate hair cycle progression. As leptin is a major adipokine, its level of expression from the dermal white adipose tissue during hair cycle progression was studied. The result shows that leptin level is differentially expressed during hair...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Yang CC,Sheu HM,Chung PL,Chang CH,Tsai YS,Hughes MW,Tuan TL,Huang LL

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcium-mediated signals play important roles in epidermal barrier formation, skin homoeostasis and wound repair. Calmodulin 4 (Calm4) is a small, Ca2+ -binding protein with strong expression in suprabasal keratinocytes. In mice, Calm4 first appears in the skin at the time of barrier formation, and its expression incr...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Lessard JC,Kalinin A,Bible PW,Morasso MI

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the area of dermatological research, the knowledge of rate and extent of substance penetration into the human skin is essential not only for evaluation of therapeutics, but also for risk assessment of chemicals and cosmetic ingredients. Recently, confocal Raman microscopy emerged as a novel analytical technique for...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Franzen L,Anderski J,Planz V,Kostka KH,Windbergs M

更新日期：2014-12-01 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

abstract：:The early growth response (Egr)-1 is a transcriptional factor which plays an important role in the regulation of cell growth, differentiation, cell survival and immune responses. Emerging evidences including our data demonstrate that the Egr-1 expression is up-regulated in the psoriatic skin lesions. The purpose of th...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Jeong SH,Kim HJ,Jang Y,Ryu WI,Lee H,Kim JH,Bae HC,Choi JE,Kye YC,Son SW

更新日期：2014-12-01 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：: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：:We have yet to create a human scar model that demonstrates the complex nature of hypertrophic scar and keloid formation as well as ways to prevent them despite emerging advances in our understanding of the immune system, the inflammatory response, and proteomic and genomic changes after injury. Despite more complex in...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Williams FN,Herndon DN,Branski LK

更新日期：2014-11-01 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：:Psoriasis is a 'pacemaker' in dermatology. Substantial progress has been made regarding our understanding of its pathophysiology and genetic background, fuelling developments in cutaneous biology in general. Besides, the clinical perspective on psoriasis is currently changing, taking into consideration comorbidity and...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Boehncke S,Boehncke WH

更新日期：2014-10-01 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：:Aberrant mitochondrial structure and function influence tissue homeostasis and thereby contribute to multiple human disorders and ageing. Ten per cent of patients with primary mitochondrial disorders present skin manifestations that can be categorized into hair abnormalities, rashes, pigmentation abnormalities and acr...

journal_title：Experimental dermatology

authors： Feichtinger RG,Sperl W,Bauer JW,Kofler B

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00