Background: Psoriasis is a disease that often requires prolonged systemic treatment. It is important to determine the safety of available therapies. There is currently little insight into sex-specific differences in the safety of systemic psoriasis therapies.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHeat shock protein 70 (HSP70) production is a stress-generated cellular response with high interspecies homology. HSP70 has both chaperone and cytokine functions and may induce, depending on the context, tolerogenic anti-inflammatory reactivity or immunogenic and autoimmune reactivity. Intracellular (chaperoning transit of antigens to MHC in antigen-presenting cells) and extracellular HSP70-related effects are associated with hypertension, which is an inflammatory condition recognized as the most important risk factor for cardiovascular disease mortality.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2) metamorphosed our medical practice. In early June 2020, more than 6,400,000 COVID-19 (coronavirus-19 disease) cases were diagnosed across the world and more than 380,000 deaths were linked to COVID-19. Many medical symptoms of COVID-19 were reported.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCryoconservation of gametes : how to perform ? The patients can preserve their gametes when they are exposed to potential gonadotoxic pathology or treatment. In this context, the French bioethical law clearly states the obligation to inform the patients about the risks for their fertility and the possibilities to cryopreserve their gametes. Regional platforms of fertility preservation allow notably for the coordination of the oncology teams and the CECOS.
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