Combination of infra-red light with nanogold targeting macrophages in the treatment of Leishmania major infected BALB/C mice.

Purpose: In the treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL), developing drug resistance, existing toxic effects of drugs and failure respond to treatment cause the need to try different treatment methods. We investigated the effect of gold-conjugated macrophage-specific antibody on amastigotes under infra-red light for the treatment of CL.

Methods: Female BALB/c (4-8 weeks old, 20 ± 5 g weight) mice were used in the study.

Demodex infestation as a cause of sensitive skin in a dermatology outpatient clinic.

Background: Sensitive skin is subjective cutaneous hyperreactivity to environmental factors. Demodicosis is a skin disorder caused by Demodex mites. There may be a link between demodicosis and sensitive skin.

Epidemiology of Pemphigus in Turkey: One-year Prospective Study of 220 Cases.

Pemphigus is a group of rare and life-threatening autoimmune blistering diseases of the skin and mucous membranes. Although they occur worldwide, their incidence shows wide geographical variation, and prospective data on the epidemiology of pemphigus are very limited. Objective of this work is to evaluate the incidence and epidemiological and clinical features of patients with pemphigus in Turkey.

Metabolic syndrome may be an important comorbidity in patients with seborrheic dermatitis.

Introduction: Seborrheic dermatitis is a chronic inflammatory skin disease. One of the components of metabolic syndrome is inflammation, and many inflammatory cytokines play a critical role in the disease. The aim of this study is to investigate metabolic syndrome and to evaluate the relationship between the parameters of the disease and disease severity in patients with seborrheic dermatitis.

The reduction in inflammation and impairment in wound healing by using strontium chloride hexahydrate.

Background: Numerous growth factors, cytokine, mitogen and chemotactic factors are involved in wound healing. Even though inflammation is important for the stimulation of proliferative phase, excessive inflammation also causes impairment in wound healing. Strontium salts suppress keratinocyte-induced TNF-alpha and interleukin-1 and interleukin-6 in in vitro cultures.

[The incidence of Demodex folliculorum in patients with chronic kidney deficiency].

The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of Demodex folliculorum in immune suppressed patients. The present study was carried out on individuals being treated for chronic kidney deficiency and immune suppressed patients that were hospitalized in the Hemodialysis Units and Internal Disease Service of the Cumhuriyet University Hospital. Forty-seven patients with chronic kidney deficiency (CKD) and a control group of thirty-eight healthy and actively exercising individuals were included in this investigation.