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Eur J Pharmacol
January 2025
Graduate Program in Pharmacology, Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), 88037-000 - Florianópolis (SC), Brazil. Electronic address:
Dithranol is one of the most effective topical medications for treating plaque psoriasis. However, its clinical use is limited by irritative adverse reactions to the skin, such as oedema, erythema, and pruritus, caused by poorly understood mechanisms. Because TRPV1 activation mediates skin irritation caused by several drugs, we conducted blind and randomised experiments in male and female C57BL/6 mice to elucidate the role of TRPV1 in dithranol-induced irritation.
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December 2024
Cleveland Clinic, Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland, OH44195, USA.
This study determined the characteristics of patients with early-stage melanoma (IA-IIA) who later had stage IV recurrence. We retrospectively examined 880 melanoma patients and identified those who progressed to stage IV disease from an initial early-stage (n = 50). We observed a median latent period of 4 years between early-stage diagnosis and metastatic disease.
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December 2024
Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland.
Introduction: Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) is characterized by eosinophilic granulomatous vasculitis. Typical symptoms include late-onset bronchial asthma and blood and tissue eosinophilia. In addition to these characteristic symptoms, EGPA can affect important organs such as the skin, kidneys, heart, sinuses, gastrointestinal tract, and nervous system.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: To identify the most effective treatment for juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM), considering efficacy, safety, impact on patients and improvement in their quality of life.
Material And Methods: A systematic review was carried out comparing known treatments and immunobiological therapies, evaluating clinical improvement, adverse events and prognosis. The MEDLINE, PubMed, LILACS and Cochrane Library databases were used with children aged 0 to 18 diagnosed with JDM.
Cancers (Basel)
January 2025
Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 55 Fruit Street, Cox 308, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
The management of periocular skin malignancies presents a unique challenge. Proton beam therapy, due to its sharp dose fall-off, allows for the delivery of a tumoricidal dose to the tumor while sparing adjacent normal tissues. Thirteen patients with a median age of 76.
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