Prurigo nodularis (PN) is a chronic, pruritic inflammatory skin disease characterized by severe skin itching and hyperkeratotic nodules. The existing treatment options for PN are limited by severe adverse effects. Dupilumab is an approved biological agent for treating atopic dermatitis and other type 2 inflammatory diseases in adults, showing good efficacy and safety in clinical trials.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGiant condylomata acuminata (a sexually transmitted disease caused by HPV infection) currently is treated in many methods. Surgery, the mainstay treatment of giant condylomata acuminata, may cause a high cost or scar formation. It is important to explore effective and safe treatment options.
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The opportunistic pathogen Candida albicans secretes aspartic proteinases (Saps), which raises a particular interest because of their role as virulence factors. Candida albicans possesses at least 10 members of a SAP gene family, all of which have been sequenced. Although the expression of the SAP genes has been extensively characterised under laboratory growth conditions and Saps contribute to the virulence of C.
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