A deep dive into UV-based phototherapy: Mechanisms of action and emerging molecular targets in inflammation and cancer

PA Vieyra-Garcia, P Wolf - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2021 - Elsevier
UV-based phototherapy (including psoralen plus UVA (PUVA), UVB and UVA1) has a long,
successful history in the management of numerous cutaneous disorders. Photoresponsive …

Exposure to ultraviolet radiation in the modulation of human diseases

PH Hart, M Norval, SN Byrne… - Annual Review of …, 2019 - annualreviews.org
This review focuses primarily on the beneficial effects for human health of exposure to
ultraviolet radiation (UVR). UVR stimulates anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive …

Premature cell senescence in human skin: Dual face in chronic acquired pigmentary disorders

B Bellei, M Picardo - Ageing Research Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
Although senescence was originally described as an in vitro acquired cellular characteristic,
it was recently recognized that senescence is physiologically and pathologically involved in …

JAK-STAT pathway inhibitors in dermatology

HA Miot, PR Criado, CCS Castro, M Ianhez… - Anais brasileiros de …, 2023 - SciELO Brasil
The JAK-STAT signaling pathway mediates important cellular processes such as immune
response, carcinogenesis, cell differentiation, division and death. Therefore, drugs that …

Characterization of a melanocyte progenitor population in human interfollicular epidermis

K Michalak-Mićka, VL Büchler, N Zapiórkowska-Blumer… - Cell reports, 2022 - cell.com
It is still unknown whether the human interfollicular epidermis harbors a reservoir of
melanocyte precursor cells. Here, we clearly distinguish between three distinct types of …

The possible role of Wnt/β‐catenin signalling in vitiligo treatment

X Lin, X Meng, J Lin - Journal of the European Academy of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Vitiligo is a common chronic skin disease which has an adverse impact on patients' life. Its
pathogenesis is complex, involving autoimmunity and oxidative stress (OS). Autoimmunity …

[PDF][PDF] Skin pigmentation and pigmentary disorders: focus on epidermal/dermal cross-talk

E Bastonini, D Kovacs, M Picardo - Annals of dermatology, 2016 - synapse.koreamed.org
Variation in human skin and hair color is the most notable aspect of human variability and
several studies in evolution, genetics and developmental biology contributed to explain the …

Trends in regenerative medicine: repigmentation in vitiligo through melanocyte stem cell mobilization

SA Birlea, GE Costin, DR Roop… - Medicinal research …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Vitiligo is the most frequent human pigmentary disorder, characterized by progressive
autoimmune destruction of mature epidermal melanocytes. Of the current treatments offering …

Baricitinib is effective in treating progressing vitiligo in vivo and in vitro

J Dong, X Huang, LP Ma, F Qi, SN Wang… - Dose …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective To evaluate the clinical efficacy and safety of baricitinib, a Janus kinase (JAK)
inhibitor, in treating patient with progressing vitiligo, and to further explore the regulation of …

NAcM‐OPT protects keratinocytes from H2O2‐induced cell damage by promoting autophagy

R Xiong, Q Shen, Y Li, S Jin, T Dong… - Annals of the New …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This study aimed to investigate the protective effect of NAcM‐OPT, a small molecule inhibitor
of defective in cullin neddylation 1 (DCN1), on H2O2‐induced oxidative damage in …