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Quantification of Leishmania (Viannia) Kinetoplast DNA in Ulcers of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Reveals Inter-site and Inter-sampling Variability in Parasite Load
(Public Library of Science, 2015)
BACKGROUND: Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a skin disease caused by the protozoan parasite Leishmania. Few studies have assessed the influence of the sample collection site within the ulcer and the sampling method on the ...
Subtypes of Native American ancestry and leading causes of death: Mapuche ancestry-specific associations with gallbladder cancer risk in Chile
(Public Library of Science, 2017)
Latin Americans are highly heterogeneous regarding the type of Native American ancestry. Consideration of specific associations with common diseases may lead to substantial advances in unraveling of disease etiology and ...
Consensus reclassification of inherited epidermolysis bullosa and other disorders with skin fragility
(2020)
Background: Several new genes and clinical subtypes have been identified since the publication in 2014 of the report of the last International Consensus Meeting on Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB).
Objectives: We sought to ...
Gene expression response to sea lice in Atlantic salmon skin: RNA sequencing comparison between resistant and susceptible animals
(Frontiers Media S.A., 2018)
© 2018 Robledo, Gutiérrez, Barría, Yáñez and Houston. Sea lice are parasitic copepods that cause large economic losses to salmon aquaculture worldwide. Frequent chemotherapeutic treatments are typically required to control ...
Skin biopsy in Lafora disease - Genotype-phenotype correlations and diagnostic pitfalls
(Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2003-12-09)
Lafora disease is characterized by pathognomonic inclusions, Lafora bodies (LB), in neurons and other cell types. In skin, LB have been reported in either eccrine sweat glands or in apocrine sweat glands. The disease is ...
Frequência alélica do polimorfismo de nucleotídeo único c.421G>T no gene ADAMTS2, responsável pela dermatosparaxia em ovinos White Dorper
(Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), 2017-02-09)
Dermatosparaxia é uma enfermidade autossômica recessiva do tecido conjuntivo caracterizada clinicamente por fragilidade e hiperextensibilidade cutâneas. Estas características impedem que o animal seja mantido no sistema ...
Autophagy: Eating Myself as a Requirement for the Skin Health
(Avens Publishing Group, 2017-12)
Cells recycle their components during starvation through aprocess called autophagy. It is a normal cellular mechanism related tophysiological actions such as nutrient and energy metabolism.In the skin as in other organs, ...
Gene expression response to sea lice in atlantic salmon Skin: RNA sequencing comparison between resistant and susceptible animals
(2018)
Sea lice are parasitic copepods that cause large economic losses to salmon aquaculture worldwide. Frequent chemotherapeutic treatments are typically required to control this parasite, and alternative measures such as ...
Complex segregation analysis of facial melasma in Brazil: evidence for a genetic susceptibility with a dominant pattern of segregation
(2018-01-01)
Despite high prevalence, the etiopathology of melasma is not fully understood. Nevertheless, many factors have been associated with the disease, including: sun exposure, sex steroids hormones, drugs, stress, and pregnancy. ...