Grundlagen und Wirkprinzipien von wassergefiltertem Infrarot A (wIRA) in Bezug zur Wundheilung [PDF]
The experience of the pleasant heat of the sun in moderate climatic zones arises from the filtering of the heat radiation of the sun by water vapor in the atmosphere of the earth.
Hoffmann, Gerd
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Vascularized skin organoids are developed from human induced pluripotent stem cells and contain macrophages, Langerhans cells, and neutrophils. Vascularized skin organoids offer a transformative platform to model skin biology and enable mechanistic investigations of inflammatory and hematologic skin disorders.
Mitchell Mostina +9 more
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Parry-Romberg syndrome: A case with a possible association with lyme disease [PDF]
Parry-Romberg syndrome is an acquired slowly progressive disease characterized by an atrophy mostly involving half of the face. The pathogenesis of this disfiguring condition is still controversial.
Di Meo, N. +4 more
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Identifying Key Questions and Challenges in Microchimerism Biology
This study identifies key unanswered questions about microchimerism, the presence of cells from one individual living in another. Experts highlight how these cells may affect health, pregnancy, and disease. This study outlines research priorities and challenges in detecting and studying these rare microchimeric cells, aiming to guide future discoveries
Kristine J. Chua +31 more
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Juvenile Localized Scleroderma. Questions of Treatment
Juvenile localized scleroderma (JLS) is a group of childhood diseases with the main symptom — skin and subcutaneous structures lesions, without any organ involvement. There is active (inflammatory) and fibrotic phase in development of JLS.
Rinat K. Raupov, Mikhail M. Kostik
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Lidocaine for systemic sclerosis: a double-blind randomized clinical trial [PDF]
Background: Systemic sclerosis (scleroderma; SSc) is an orphan disease with the highest case-specific mortality of any connective-tissue disease. Excessive collagen deposit in affected tissues is a key for the disease's pathogenesis and comprises most of
Andrade, Luis E. C. +5 more
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Topical application of a peptide inhibitor of transforming growth factor-beta1 ameliorates bleomycin-induced skin fibrosis [PDF]
Transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) plays a crucial role in the pathogenesis of skin fibrotic diseases. Systemic TGF-beta inhibitors effectively inhibit fibrosis in different animal models; however, systemic inhibition of TGF-beta raises important
Borras-Cuesta, F. (Francisco) +8 more
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A Patient with Localized Scleroderma Successfully Treated with Etretinate
There are several treatment methods for localized scleroderma, but treatment is difficult when the lesion is widely distributed. We encountered a case who was treated successfully with etretinate, a vitamin A derivative.
Tomoko Shima +3 more
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Clinical pattern of systemic sclerosis in Central Ukraine. Association between clinical manifestations of systemic sclerosis and hypertension [PDF]
Objectives: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a rare disease of connective tissue, manifestations of which may vary in different geographical areas. We aimed to describe the clinical portrait of patients with SSc in Dnipropetrovsk region and to investigate how
Kuryata, O., Lysunets, T., Semenov, V.
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Recent Advances in Localized Scleroderma
Localized scleroderma (LSc), or morphea, is an autoimmune connective tissue disease causing inflammation and fibrosis of the skin and underlying tissues. While distinct from systemic sclerosis, its clinical presentation is highly diverse.
Toshiya Takahashi +2 more
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