mRNA-based vaccines have been used globally to eradicate the coronavirus-disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Vaccine efficacy and adverse reactions depend on immune responses, such as proinflammatory cytokine production and lymphocyte activation. We conducted a prospective cohort study to investigate relationships among specific antibody titers, adverse reactions, proinflammatory cytokine production, and immune-regulatory microRNA (miRNA) levels in serum extracellular vesicles (EVs) after COVID-19 vaccination (BNT162b2).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe report a Japanese pedigree with dominant dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (DDEB) harboring the p.G2251E mutation of COL7A1. The proband of this pedigree presented with multiple milia as an isolated skin manifestation without a history of blistering and subsequently developed generalized intractable blisters, suggesting that multiple milia could be a primary manifestation of DDEB.
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