Publications by authors named "Ping-Sheng Hao"

The ability of the skin to "remember" has been a potential mechanism for studying recurrent skin diseases. While it has been thought that the ability to retain past encounters is the prerogative of immune cells, it has recently been discovered that skin tissue stem cells can also take on this task. Epithelial stem cells undergoing inflammation retain their "memory" through epigenetic reprogramming and exhibit rapid epithelialization and epidermal proliferation upon secondary stimulation.

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  • - Traditional studies suggest a link between gut microbiota and psoriasis, but evidence of a mutual relationship is lacking, limiting understanding of how they interact.
  • - The study utilized Mendelian randomization with extensive datasets to explore the bidirectional relationship, discovering five bacterial genera positively related to psoriasis and four negatively affected by it.
  • - Findings indicate a complex bidirectional influence where psoriasis affects gut microbiota and vice versa, challenging previous observational studies by revealing different bacterial genera involved.
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Background: The effectiveness of acupuncture for patients with chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU), reported in a few small-scale studies, is not convincing.

Objective: To investigate whether acupuncture leads to better effects on CSU than sham acupuncture or waitlist control.

Design: A multicenter, randomized, sham-controlled trial.

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Psoriasis is an immune-mediated chronic inflammatory disease that can be combined with complications such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, obesity, and kidney disease. The comorbidity of psoriasis with autoimmune bullous diseases (AIBD) has been reported previously in several cases, the most frequent of which is bullous pemphigoid (BP). The underlying mechanisms of psoriasis with BP are not clear and there are no uniform treatment criteria.

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Background: Chronic urticaria (CU) can severely impair the quality of life. Acupuncture and related therapies have been widely used in the treatment of CU in China. This study aimed to summarize and critically evaluate the methodological and reporting quality of relevant systematic reviews (SRs) and present objective and comprehensive evidence on the effectiveness and safety of acupuncture and related therapies for CU.

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Background: Long-term use of corticosteroid ointment for external using or skin management products and cosmetics containing corticosteroid will produce a hormone-dependent effect on facial skin and destroy the barrier function of the skin. It is easy to cause repeated attacks of facial skin inflammation after drug withdrawal because corticosteroid hormones can cause the expression of inflammatory factors in the body, which has a serious impact on patients. The general treatment method is to stop using hormone drugs for psychotherapy and inform patients of the basic knowledge of hormone-dependent dermatitis and daily facial care, but the effect is not good.

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Introduction: Psoriasis vulgaris (PV) is a chronic, painful, disfiguring, and disabling dermatological disease, which affects the physical and mental health of patients and impacts their quality of life. Current conventional systemic therapies can be costly, present risks of side effects, have limited efficacy and commonly recur following treatment cessation. Some Chinese herbal medicine therapies have shown therapeutic benefits for psoriasis vulgaris, including relieving symptoms and improving quality of life, and a potential of reducing relapse rate.

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