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Photo-activated psoralen binds the ErbB2 catalytic kinase domain, blocking ErbB2 signaling and triggering tumor cell apoptosis. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
Photo-activation of psoralen with UVA irradiation, referred to as PUVA, is used in the treatment of proliferative skin disorders. The anti-proliferative effects of PUVA have been largely attributed to psoralen intercalation of DNA, which upon UV ...
Wenle Xia, David Gooden, Leihua Liu, Sumin Zhao, Erik J Soderblom, Eric J Toone, Wayne F Beyer, Harold Walder, Neil L Spector   +8 more
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Cutaneous sarcoidosis successfully treated with PUVA therapy [PDF]

Przegląd Dermatologiczny
Agata Szczecina, Katarzyna Chyl-Surdacka, Ewelina Dybała, Agnieszka Borzęcka-Sapko, Franciszek Szubstarski, Adam Borzęcki   +5 more
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Chronic eczema. The search for treatment of severe forms

Медицинский вестник Юга России, 2019
Objective: to study the clinical efficacy of re-PUVA therapy in patients with torpid forms of chronic true hand eczema. Materials and methods: the study involved 78 patients (47 women, 31 men) with severe and moderate forms of chronic true hand eczema ...
Vyacheslav V. Starostenko, Olga An. Sidorenko, Lyudmila P. Sizyakina, Elizaveta Ev. Sidorenko   +3 more
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Oral PUVA Versus Bath PUVA in Chronic Plaque Psoriasis: A Comparative Study of Efficacy

Revista da Sociedade Portuguesa de Dermatologia e Venereologia, 2018
Introduction: Phototherapy has long been recognized as beneficial for psoriasis treatment, with a favorable risk- -benefit relation. Photochemotherapy comprises the use of psoralen, either orally (oral PUVA) or topically (bath PUVA), prior to UVA ...
Katarina Kieselova, Felicidade Santiago, Martinha Henrique   +2 more
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Assessment of efficacy and safety of UV-based therapy for psoriasis: a network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Annals of Medicine, 2022
Background Previous studies have proven that ultraviolet (UV)-based phototherapy, including UVB or psoralen UVA (PUVA), and their combination therapies, is effective for psoriasis treatment.
Yajia Li, Ziqin Cao, Jia Guo, Qiangxiang Li, Wu Zhu, Yehong Kuang, Xiang Chen   +6 more
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Comparative Effectiveness and Safety of Methotrexate Versus PUVA in Severe Chronic Stable Plaque Psoriasis

Indian Journal of Dermatology, 2021
Background: Psoriasis is a chronic, inflammatory, immune-mediated, debilitating skin disease affecting approximately 2%–3% of the global population.
Saikat Banerjee, Suchibrata Das, Alok K Roy, Loknath Ghoshal   +3 more
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PUVA Induced Bullous Pemphigoid in a Patient with Mycosis Fungoides

Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine, 2017
Background. Bullous pemphigoid is an autoimmune subepidermal blistering skin disease in which autoantibodies are directed against components of the basement membrane.
Birgül Özkesici, Saliha Koç, Ayşe Akman-Karakaş, Ertan Yılmaz, İbrahim Cumhur Başsorgun, Soner Uzun   +5 more
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Narrow-band mid-wave uгltraviolet therapy in patients with mycosis fungoides [PDF]

Vestnik Dermatologii i Venerologii
Background. Standardization of the approach to the prescription of UVB-311 in mycosis fungoides is an urgent problem that requires prospective studies aimed at finding the most effective and safe treatment regimens. Aim.
Anastasiia A. Vorontsova, Mar’yana B. Zhilova, Lyudmila F. Znamenskaya   +2 more
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Quality of Life, Anxiety, and Depression in Patients With Early-Stage Mycosis Fungoides and the Effect of Oral Psoralen Plus UV-A (PUVA) Photochemotherapy on it

Frontiers in Medicine, 2020
Background: Little is known about psychological discomfort and quality of life (QoL) in early stage mycosis fungoides (MF) and the effect of psoralen plus UV-A (PUVA) on it.Objective: To evaluate QoL, anxiety, and depression with validated instruments in
Thomas Graier, Regina Fink-Puches, Stephanie Porkert, Roland Lang, Sophie Pöchlauer, Gudrun Ratzinger, Adrian Tanew, Sylvia Selhofer, Paul-Gunther Sator, Angelika Hofer, Alexandra Gruber-Wackernagel, Franz J. Legat, Pablo Augusto Vieyra-Garcia, Franz Quehenberger, Peter Wolf   +14 more
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Combination therapies in psoriasis

Turkderm Turkish Archives of Dermatology and Venereology, 2022
Topical corticosteroids and vitamin D analogs can be combined with other topical, systemic, and biological agents. The effect of methotrexate can be enhanced with ultraviolet B (UVB) or psoralen ultraviolet A (PUVA).
Erol Koç, Emel Bülbül Başkan
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