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Original Source: Papulopustular rosacea, skin immunity and Demodex: pityriasis folliculorum as a missing link.
Papulopustular rosacea (PPR) is a common facial skin disease, characterized by erythema, telangiectasia, papules and pustules. Its physiopathology is still being discussed, but recently several molecular features of its inflammatory process have been identified: an overproduction of Toll-Like receptors 2, of a serine protease, and of abnormal forms of cathelicidin. The two factors which stimulate the Toll-like receptors to induce cathelicidin expression are skin infection and cutaneous barrier disruption: t...
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Singapore Scientists Team To Identify Thick-Skin Disorder Gene Mutation
Singapore researchers say they have identified a gene mutation responsible for a thick-skin disorder associated with growth resembling tree bark.
Mutation that causes skin hyperproliferation identified
Scientists have identified a mutation in a gene that causes patches of very thick skin to appear on the palms and soles of affected people. This skin disorder is related, albeit in a much milder form,...
Valeant acquiring skin disorder company Obagi
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc. (TSX:VRX; NYSE:VRX) will acquire skin disorder company Obagi Medical Products Inc. (NASDASQ:OMPI) for $19.75 per share in cash, or about $344.3 million based...
Pemphigus: Rare skin condition can be mild or severe
Pemphigus — Comprehensive overview covers symptoms, treatment of this serious skin or mucous membrane disorder.
Shire acquires Lotus and its rare skin disorder drug
Shire acquires Lotus and its rare skin disorder drug
Skin cell transplant may offer new hope to vitiligo patients
(HealthDay) -- Skin cell transplants can restore pigment to the skin of some patients with the disorder known as vitiligo, new research finds.
IL-36 might be a useful therapeutic target in treatment of psoriasis
Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory skin disorder that affects approximately 2% of the world's population. A group of inflammatory molecules known as interleukins activate an immune response that caus...
A*Star scientists identify mutation that causes skin hyperproliferation
(Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore) Scientists have identified a mutation in a gene that causes patches of very thick skin to appear on the palms and soles of affected pe...
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Skin burning is a new type of skin damage related to exposure to high pH values during the brushing-waxing postharvest operations that has been observed recently on some newly released peach and necta...
An immunohistochemical study of ubiquitin in the skin of sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Ubiquitin (UB)-immunoreactive filamentous inclusions, absent in normal cases and in any other disorder, have been found in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and it has been suggested t...
Granulomatous slack skin disease: a review, in comparison with mycosis fungoides.
Granulomatous slack skin (GSS) is a rare cutaneous disorder characterized by the evolution of circumscribed erythematous loose skin masses, especially in the body folds, and histologically by a loss o...
Hemiarthroplasty in a patient with severe systemic sclerosis.
Systemic sclerosis (scleroderma) is a connective tissue disorder of unknown etiology. This rare, chronic, multisystem disorder encompasses a number of variations leading to focal and systemic classifi...
Skin of color: A basic outline of unique differences.
Darker skin differs from white skin in presentation, a tendency toward pronounced scarring, and pathophysiology of skin diseases common to those with skin of color. Recent studies highlight difference...
