Background Parthenium dermatitis is a chronic inflammatory disease with activated T-lymphocytes that recognize the antigens and undergo proliferation and differentiation. T-cells have a pathogenic role in many inflammatory diseases. Telomeres are specialized repeats at the end of chromosomes that protect it from degradation, end-to-end fusion and important for the integrity. Till date there is ...

Background: Atopic dermatitis is a chronic and residive inflammatory skin disease with mild to severe itching occurs mostly in infant children. The cause not certainty known multifactorial.Objective: This study aims Know the Characteristics of Dermatitis Puskesmas Masaran 1, Sragen Regency.Method: descriptive retrospective cross-sectional design. Secondary data retrieved from medical records at...

BACKGROUND Atopic dermatitis is the most common chronic inflammatory skin disease. A complex interaction of both genetic and environmental factors is thought to contribute to the disease. AIMS To evaluate whether single nucleotide polymorphisms in the TLR2 gene c.2258C>T (R753Q) (rs5743708) and TLR2 c.-148+1614T>A (A-16934T) (rs4696480) (NM_0032643) are associated with atopic dermatitis in Tu...

Introduction: Chemical weapons , which their history dates back to the first world war , refer to any factor that has direct toxic effects on human being , animals and plants. Iraqi regime used chemical weapons and various poisons during the imposed war against Iran of which mustard and nervous gases are examples that their effects are seen in victims even after passing many years. Materials a...

INTRODUCTION Atopic dermatitis is a chronic, pruritic, eczematous skin disease mediated through an immediate (type I) hypersensitivity reaction. Posterior sub-capsular cataracts are a recognised complication of atopic dermatitis in adults; however they are rare in children. The management of atopic dermatitis is based on the exclusion of allergens, the use of emollients, and on topical corticos...

BACKGROUND We sought to elicit preference weights from parents for health states corresponding to children with various levels of severity of atopic dermatitis. We also evaluated the hypothesis that parents with children who had been diagnosed with atopic dermatitis would assign different preferences to the health state scenarios compared with parents who did not have a child with atopic dermat...

Skin protects the body from the environment and is an important component of the innate and adaptive immune systems. Atopic dermatitis and contact dermatitis are among the most frequent inflammatory skin diseases and are both determined by multigenic predisposition, environmental factors, and aberrant immune response. Peptidoglycan Recognition Proteins (Pglyrps) are expressed in the skin and we...

Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a chronic immune-mediated disease characterized by intense pruritis, causing inflammation, itching, and redness of the skin. Dupilumab human monoclonal antibody that has been approved for treatment atopic dermatitis. It also linked with various adverse effects, most them confined to injection site. Café-au-lait-macules are benign pigmented lesions skin, usually seen in...

Background: Green iguana (Iguana iguana) is one of the newly imported exotic pets which has been observed with increasing regularity in veterinary clinics in Iran. Despite their popularity, information about their diseases is scarce. OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to assess the pathogenic agents in green iguanas with skin disorders. METHODS: The animals were brought to Small Animal Hospi...

Dear Editor, Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a chronic inflammatory skin disease, affecting approximately 20% of children in Singapore.1 It associated with barrier defects2 and increased colonisation Staphylococcus aureus, which can trigger infective flares, especially more severe disease. Strategies to reduce S. aureus infection AD, such as intranasal