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Posted to Library / Immunology, Psycho-social aspects, Dermatology news 2011, Treatment variables, Guidlines and Reviews, Biochemistry, Children, Cosmetic Surgery, Genetics, Laser Therapy, Melanogenesis Sep 29Study of total antioxidants status in Indian vitiligo patients
Suman Singh1, Usha Singh1, Shyam Sunder Pandey2Egyptian Dermatology Online Journal 7 (1): 2 1Division of Immunopathology, Department of Pathology, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi-221005,...
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The Importance of L-Phenylalanine Transport and Its Autocrine Turnover to L-Tyrosine for Melanogenesis in Human Epidermal Melanocytes
K. U. Schallreuter*,†,1 and J. M. Wood* *Clinical and Experimental Dermatology, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Bradford, Bradford, United Kingdom; and †Institute for Pigmentary Disorders e. V. in association with the Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University Greifswald Biotechnikum, Walter-Rathenau-Strasse 49a, 17489 Greifswald, Germany Received June 27, 1999Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 1999 Aug 27;262(2):423-8. Abstract A comparative study of (14)C-labeled l-phenylalanine and (3)H-labeled L-tyrosine uptake in cultures of human...
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Study on the Antioxidant Status of Vitiligo Patients of Different Age Groupsin Baroda
Agrawal D, Shajil EM, Marfatia YS, Begum R. Source Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, M.S. University of Baroda, Vadodara, Gujarat, India.Pigment Cell Res. 2004 Jun;17(3):289-94. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15140075 Abstract One of the major hypotheses in the pathogenesis of vitiligo is the oxidative...
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Perturbed 6-Tetrahydrobiopterin Recycling via Decreased Dihydropteridine Reductase in Vitiligo: More Evidence for H2O2 Stress
Sybille Hasse,_ Nicholas C.J. Gibbons,_ Hartmut Rokos,_ Lee K. Marles,_ and Karin U. Schallreuter_w _Clinical and Experimental Dermatology, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK; wInstitute for Pigmentary Disorders in Association with the Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University of Greifswald, Greifswald, GermanyJ Invest Dermatol 122:307 –313, 2004 To date there is ample evidence that patients with vitiligo accumulate millimolar concentrations of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) in their...
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Oxidative Stress and Human Genetic Variation
Ralf Morgenstern3 Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden SE-171 77J. Nutr. November 1, 2004 vol. 134 no. 11 3173S-3174S EXPANDED ABSTRACT Genetic variants, largely in the form of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are found in almost...
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Keratinocyte Growth Factor Promotes Melanosome Transfer to Keratinocytes
Giorgia Cardinali,_ Simona Ceccarelli,wz Daniela Kovacs,_ Nicaela Aspite,_ Lavinia Vittoria Lotti,w Maria Rosaria Torrisi,_wz and Mauro Picardo__Iistituto Dermatologico San Gallicano, IRCSS, wDipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale e Patologia, and zAzienda Ospedaliera Sant’Andrea, Universita` di Roma ‘‘La Sapienza,’’...
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Hair Follicle Pigmentation
Andrzej Slominski, Jacobo Wortsman, Przemyslaw M Plonka, Karin U Schallreuter,, Ralf Paus and Desmond J TobinJournal of Investigative Dermatology (2005) 124, 13–21; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2004.23528.x http://www.nature.com/jid/journal/v124/n1/full/5602636a.html Abstract Hair shaft...
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Decreased phenylalanine uptake and turnover in patients with vitiligo.
Schallreuter KU, Chavan B, Rokos H, Hibberts N, Panske A, Wood JM. Source Clinical and Experimental Dermatology, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Bradford, UK. K.Schallreuter@bradford.ac.ukMol Genet Metab. 2005 Dec;86 Suppl 1:S27-33. Epub 2005 Sep 6. Abstract The human epidermis has the full machinery for autocrine L-phenylalanine turnover to L-tyrosine in...
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Butyrylcholinesterase is present in the human epidermis and is regulated by H2O2: More evidence for oxidative stress in vitiligo
Karin U. Schallreuter a,b,c,*, Nicholas C.J. Gibbons a,b,c, Carsten Zothner a,b,c, Souna M. Elwary a, Hartmut Rokos a,b,c, John M. Wood a a Clinical and Experimental Dermatology/Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Bradford, Bradford BD7 1DP, UK b Institute for Pigmentary Disorders in Association with E M Arndt University Greifswald, Germany c University of Bradford, UK Received 9 August 2006 Available online 31 August 2006The human epidermis holds the capacity for autocrine cholinergic signal transduction, but the presence of butyrylcholinesterase (BchE) has not been shown so far. Our results...
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Associations between Catalase Phenotype and Genotype: Modification by Epidemiologic Factors
Jiyoung Ahn,1,6 Susan Nowell,3 Susan E. McCann,1 Jihnhee Yu,2 Lisa Carter,1 Nicholas P. Lang,3,4 Fred F. Kadlubar,5 Luke D. Ratnasinghe,5 and Christine B. Ambrosone1 1Department of Epidemiology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute; 2Department of Biostatistics, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York; 3University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences; 4Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, Little Rock, Arkansas; 5Division of Pharmacogenomics and Molecular Epidemiology, National Center for Toxicological Research, Jefferson, Arkansas; and 6Nutritional Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NZH, Bethesda, MarylandAbstract Catalase is an endogenous antioxidant enzyme that neutralizes hydrogen peroxide and is induced by oxidative challenge. A _262C ! T polymorphism in the promoter region...
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A Role for Tyrosinase-Related Protein 1 in 4-tert- Butylphenol-Induced Toxicity in Melanocytes Implications for Vitiligo
Prashiela Manga, David Sheyn, Fan Yang, Rangaprasad Sarangarajan, and Raymond E. Boissy From the Department of Dermatology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OhioAm J Pathol 2006, 169:1652–1662 Vitiligo presents with depigmented cutaneous lesions following localized melanocyte death. Multiple factors contribute to cell death, including...
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Specific interaction of the diastereomers 7(R)- and 7(S)-tetrahydrobiopterin with phenylalanine hydroxylase: implications for understanding primapterinuria and vitiligo
Angel L. Pey,* Aurora Martinez,* Ramamurthy Charubala,† Derek J. Maitland,‡ Knut Teigen,* Ana Calvo,* Wolfgang Pfleiderer,† John M. Wood,§ and Karin U. Schallreuter§,1 *Department of Biomedicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway; †Fachbereich Chemie, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany; and Departments of ‡Chemical and Forensic Sciences, §Clinical and Experimental Dermatology/Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Bradford, Bradford, UKFASEB J. 20, E1451–E1464 ABSTRACT Pterin-4a-carbinolamine dehydratase (PCD) is an essential component of the phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH) system, catalyzing the regeneration...
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Psysiological factors that regulate skin pigmentation
Yuji Yamaguchi1,2* and Vincent J. Hearing2 1Department of Geriatric and Environmental Dermatology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan 2Laboratory of Cell Biology, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA2009 International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Inc. Volume 35, Number 2, March/April 2009, Pages 193–199 _ E-mail: yujin@med.nagoya-cu.ac.jp Abstract. More...
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Oxidative stress in the blood of patients with active localized vitiligo
Objectives: Vitiligo is an acquired skin disease characterized by white areas on the skin. The pathogenesis of the disease is still unclear. Some findings show that oxidative...
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On the Etiology of Contact/Occupational Vitiligo
RAYMOND E. BOISSY andPRASHIELA MANGA Department of Dermatology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45267-0592, USA *Address reprint requests to Prof. Raymond E. Boissy, Department of Dermatology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine Cincinnati, OH 45267-0592, USA. E-mail: boissyre@ucmail.uc.edu Received 7 November 2003; in final form 23 December 2003Vitiligo is an acquired depigmentary disorder of the skin that results from the selective destruction of melanocytes, generally during the second decade of life and affecting...
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Membrane Lipid Alterations as a Possible Basis for Melanocyte Degeneration in Vitiligo
Maria Lucia Dell’Anna, Monica Ottaviani, Veronica Albanesi, Andrea Paro Vidolin, Giovanni Leone, Carmela Ferraro, Andrea Cossarizza, Luisa Rossi5 and Mauro PicardoJournal of Investigative Dermatology (2007) 127, 1226–1233. doi:10.1038/sj.jid.5700700; published online 18 January 2007 The occurrence of oxidative stress has been proposed...
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Impaired PI3K/Akt Activation-Mediated NF-jB Inactivation Under Elevated TNF-a Is More Vulnerable to Apoptosis in Vitiliginous Keratinocytes
Nan-Hyung Kim2, Songhee Jeon, Hyun-Joo Lee and Ai-Young LeeLevels of the cytokines IL-6, IL-1a, and tumor necrosis factor-a (TNF-a) are significantly higher in lesional than innon-lesional skin of patients with vitiligo. However, how...
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Estrogens Can Contribute to Hydrogen Peroxide Generation and Quinone-Mediated DNA Damage in Peripheral Blood Lymphocytes from Patientswith Vitiligo
Karin U. Schallreuter, Georgia Chiuchiarelli, Eduardo Cemeli, Souna M. Elwary, Johanna M. Gillbro,Jennifer D. Spencer, Hartmut Rokos, Angela Panske, Bhaven Chavan, John M. Wood and Diana AndersonJournal of Investigative Dermatology (2006) 126, 1036–1042. doi:10.1038/sj.jid.5700257; published online 9 March 2006 To date there is ample in vivo and in vitro evidence for...
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Changes in Different Melanocyte Populations During Hair Follicle Involution (Catagen)
Andreya. Sharov,_ Desmond J. Tobin,w Tatyana Y. Sharova,_ Ruzanna Atoyan,_ and Vladimir A. Botchkarev_ _Department of Dermatology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; wDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, University of Bradford, Bradford, UKMelanin synthesis in the hair follicle (HF) is strictly coupled to the growth stage of the hair cycle and is interrupted during follicle regression (catagen) and resting. Using...
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Beta Adrenergic Receptors in Keratinocytes
Raja K. Sivamania,*, Susanne T. Lama,*, and R. Rivkah Isseroffb aMedical Student, Department of Dermatology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616 bProfessor of Dermatology, Department of Dermatology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616 and Dermatology Service, Department of Veterans Affairs, Northern California Health Care System, Mather, CA 95655Synopsis Beta2 adrenergic receptors were identified in keratinocytes more than 30 years ago, but their function in the epidermis continues to be elucidated. Abnormalities in...
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Adrenergic and Cholinergic Control in the Biology of Epidermis: Physiological and Clinical Significance
Sergei A. Grando1, Mark R. Pittelkow2 and Karin U. Schallreuter3J Invest Dermatol. 2006 Sep;126(9):1948-65. The presence of an autocrine adrenergic and cholinergic intra/intercellular signal transduction network in the human epidermis...
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A Critical Appraisal of Vitiligo Etiologic Theories. Is Melanocyte Loss a Melanocytorrhagy?
YVON GAUTHIER1, MURIEL CARIO ANDRE2 and ALAIN TAIЁEB1,21Service de Dermatologie, Hoˆpital St Andreґ, CHU de Bordeaux ceґdex, France; 2Inserm E 0217, Universiteґ V Segalen Bordeaux, 146 rue Leґo Saignat, Bordeaux ceґdex,...
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The haptenation theory of vitiligo and melanoma rejection: a close-up.
Westerhof W, Manini P, Napolitano A, d'Ischia M.Exp Dermatol. 2011 Feb;20(2):92-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0625.2010.01200.x. Source Color Foundation, Landsmeer, the Netherlands. wietewesterhof@colorfoundation.org Erratum...
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Role of interleukin-17 in the pathogenesis of vitiligo.
Bassiouny DA, Shaker O.Clin Exp Dermatol. 2011 Apr;36(3):292-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2010.03972.x. Epub 2010 Dec 24. Source Department of Dermatology, Kasr El-Aini University Hospital, Cairo...
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