Current concepts of vitiligo immunopathogenesis

N Hlača, T Žagar, M Kaštelan, I Brajac, L Prpić-Massari - Biomedicines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Vitiligo is an acquired immune-mediated disorder of pigmentation clinically characterized by
well-defined depigmented or chalk-white macules and patches on the skin. The prevalence …

The Clinical Significance of Hepatic CD69+CD103+CD8+ Resident‐Memory T Cells in Autoimmune Hepatitis

Z You, Y Li, Q Wang, Z Zhao, Y Li, Q Qian, B Li… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background and Aims The diverse inflammatory response found in the liver of patients with
autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) is well established, but identification of potentially pathogenic …

Vitiligo skin T cells are prone to produce type 1 and type 2 cytokines to induce melanocyte dysfunction and epidermal inflammatory response through Jak signaling

C Martins, L Migayron, C Drullion, C Jacquemin… - Journal of Investigative …, 2022 - Elsevier
Vitiligo is a T cell–mediated inflammatory skin disorder characterized by the loss of
epidermal melanocytes. However, the contribution of melanocytes to the physiopathology of …

Granzyme B in autoimmune skin disease

A Gleave, DJ Granville - Biomolecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Autoimmune diseases often present with cutaneous symptoms that contribute to dysfunction,
disfigurement, and in many cases, reduced quality-of-life. Unfortunately, treatment options …

Translational research in vitiligo

EL Katz, JE Harris - Frontiers in immunology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Vitiligo is a disease of the skin characterized by the appearance of white spots. Significant
progress has been made in understanding vitiligo pathogenesis over the past 30 years, but …

Clinical and molecular aspects of vitiligo treatments

A Bishnoi, D Parsad - International journal of molecular sciences, 2018 - mdpi.com
Vitiligo is an asymptomatic but cosmetically disfiguring disorder that results in the formation
of depigmented patches on skin and/or mucosae. Vitiligo can be segmental or non …

Beyond target cell death–granzyme serine proteases in health and disease

S Nüssing, VR Sutton, JA Trapani, IA Parish - Molecular Aspects of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Granzymes are a family of small (∼ 32 kDa) serine proteases with a range of substrate
specificities that are stored in, and released from, the cytoplasmic secretory vesicles …

Vitiligo, from physiopathology to emerging treatments: a review

L Migayron, K Boniface, J Seneschal - Dermatology and therapy, 2020 - Springer
Vitiligo is a chronic inflammatory skin disease leading to the loss of epidermal melanocytes.
To date, treatment options for vitiligo patients are limited, lack sustained efficacy, and are …

Significance of IL-17A-producing CD8+ CD103+ skin resident memory T cells in psoriasis lesion and their possible relationship to clinical course

K Kurihara, T Fujiyama, P Phadungsaksawasdi… - Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background A number of studies have shown the relationship between the pathogenesis of
psoriasis and skin resident memory T (T RM) cells. Objective To investigate the cytokine …

Mechanisms of skin autoimmunity: cellular and soluble immune components of the skin

JE Gudjonsson, K Kabashima, K Eyerich - Journal of Allergy and Clinical …, 2020 - Elsevier
Autoimmune diseases are driven by either T cells or antibodies reacting specifically to 1 or
more self-antigens. Although a number of self-antigens associated with skin diseases have …