Actinic keratosis (AK) and field cancerization are increasing health problems insufficiently diagnosed by primary care physicians. The objective of this study was to assess the validity and reliability of teledermatology (TD) and teledermoscopy in the diagnosis of AK and field cancerization in a gatekeeper healthcare model. A prospective diagnostic test evaluation was done to assess the…
Myofibroblast, fibrosis, wound healing, mechanobiology, α-smooth muscle actin, Collagen type I, alpha Fibroblasts were isolated from the subcutaneous tissue …
Skin, human, melanocyte, keratinocyte, dendrites, SHG, THG, dermis, epidermis, collagenThe movie depicts a shallow 3D reconstruction of the dermal-epidermal …
In acute skin injury, healing is significantly impaired by excessive release of ROS (Li et al, 2007). Melanin, an efficient scavenger of radical species in the…
The function of keratinocytes (KCs) to form a barrier and produce cytokines is well-known, but recent progress has revealed many different roles for KCs in…
Epidermal keratinocytes, immune cells, and sensory nerves all contribute to immune balance and skin homeostasis. Keratinocyte’s release of GFs, neuromodulators, and immune activators is particularly…
We read with interest the report of Zeng et al (2024) that provides insight into the mechanism(s) whereby skin colonization by Staphylococcal aureus plays a key…
fibroblasts, fibroblast culture, myofibroblasts, F-actin, α-smooth muscle actinFibroblasts were isolated from the subcutaneous tissue of wildtype mice. Follo…
Author links open overlay panel Ruizhen Wang 1 3, Xiaolong Dai 1 3, Weiwei Chen 1, Jinhai Wang 1, Haoran Wang 1, Xinrong Yan 1,…
Vulvar lichen sclerosus (VLS) is a progressive skin disease of unknown etiology. In this longitudinal case-control exploratory study, we evaluated the…
Bullous pemphigoid (BP) is an autoantibody-mediated blistering skin disease characterized by local inflammation and dermal-epidermal separation, with …
